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Identification of mutations in the WT1 gene in tumours from patients with the WAGR syndrome.
Oncogene - 1 Nov 1992
Baird P N, Groves N, Haber D A, Housman D E, Cowell J K
Abstract excerpt
Individuals with constitutional, heterozygous deletions of chromosome region 11p13 are predisposed to the development of Wilms' tumour, indicating the site of the tumour predisposition gene. The WT1 gene is a candidate for this cancer predisposition gene. If this gene is truly involved in tumorigenesis it would be expected to be mutant in tumour tissue from patients with 11p13 deletions. We have used...
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