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Lack of BRAF mutations in uveal melanoma.
Cancer research - 15 Sept 2003
Rimoldi Donata, Salvi Suzanne, Liénard Danielle, Lejeune Ferdy J, Speiser Daniel, Zografos Leonidas, Cerottini Jean-Charles
Abstract excerpt
RAF proteins are serine/threonine kinases that mediate cellular responses to growth signals by activating the mitogen-activated protein kinase pathway. Mutations in the BRAF gene causing a V599E amino acid substitution that enhance the kinase activity have been described in >60% of cutaneous mela...
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