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Loss of heterozygosity on chromosome 17p and mutant p53 in HPV-negative cervical carcinomas.
Lancet (London, England) - 18 Jul 1992
Kaelbling M, Burk R D, Atkin N B, Johnson A B, Klinger H P
Abstract excerpt
Inactivation of the protein product of the wild-type tumour suppressor gene p53 through complexing of the protein with the E6 oncoprotein of human papillomaviruses (HPV) in HPV-infected cells is thought to be important in the aetiology of cervical carcinoma. Mutations of p53 have also been reported in HPV-negative carcinomas, and we now demonstrate loss of heterozygosity (LOH) of chromosome region 17p13 (in which...
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