Article
Allelic frequency of a p53 polymorphism in human lung cancer.
Cancer epidemiology, biomarkers & prevention : a publication of the American Association for Cancer Research, cosponsored by the American Society of Preventive Oncology - 1 Jan 2000
Weston A, Perrin L S, Forrester K, Hoover R N, Trump B F, Harris C C, Caporaso N E
Abstract excerpt
p53 is a tumor suppressor gene that is mutated in diverse tumor types. Here we report the frequencies of common polymorphic variants at codon 72 of the p53 gene in germline DNA of lung cancer cases and controls as determined by a polymerase chain reaction strategy. The observed allelic distribution was found to be significantly different between African-Americans and Caucasians in this U.S. population. The...
Topics
- Adenocarcinoma
- Alleles
- Arginine
- Black People
- Carcinoma
- Case-Control Studies
- Codon
- DNA, Neoplasm
- Exons
- Gene Frequency
- Genes, p53
