Article
Selective mutation of codons 204 and 213 of the p53 gene in rat tumors induced by alkylating N-nitroso compounds.
Cancer research - 15 May 1992
Ohgaki H, Hard G C, Hirota N, Maekawa A, Takahashi M, Kleihues P
Abstract excerpt
Kidney and esophageal tumors induced by alkylating N-nitroso compounds in rats contain a high incidence (75-100%) of G----A transition mutations in the p53 gene. These are almost selectively (89%) located in the first base of codon 204 and the second base of 213, leading to amino acid substitutions Glu----Lys and Arg----Gln, respectively. In contrast to human neoplasms, a considerable fraction of rat kidney and...
Topics
- Acylation
- Alleles
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Codon
- Exons
- Genes, p53
- Kidney Neoplasms
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Neoplasms, Experimental
- Nitroso Compounds
