Article
Detection of mutations in the p53 gene in human head and neck carcinomas by single strand conformation polymorphism analysis.
Cancer letters - 24 Dec 1992
Chang Y S, Lin Y J, Tsai C N, Shu C H, Tsai M S, Choo K B, Liu S T
Abstract excerpt
Using the polymerase chain reaction (PCR)-based single strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis, we have examined the highly conserved regions of the p53 gene in 58 biopsy samples of head and neck tumors. Mutations were found in 13/58 (23%) tumor specimens, but not in 6 normal tissues. Te...
Topics
- Base Sequence
- Carcinoma
- DNA, Neoplasm
- Genes, p53
- Head and Neck Neoplasms
- Herpesvirus 4, Human
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Nasopharyngeal Neoplasms
- Papillomaviridae
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
