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High expression of both mutant and wild-type alleles of c-kit in gastrointestinal stromal tumors.
Biochimica et biophysica acta - 5 Apr 2004
Théou Nathalie, Tabone Séverine, Saffroy Raphael, Le Cesne Axel, Julié Catherine, Cortez Annie, Lavergne-Slove Anne, Debuire Brigitte, Lemoine Antoinette, Emile Jean-François
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Most gastrointestinal stromal tumors (GISTs) contain activating mutations of the proto-oncogene c-kit. The GNNK- isoform of c-kit has a greater oncogenic potential than the GNNK+ isoform. We studied tumors from 29 patients with GIST, 19 of whom had c-kit mutations, and compared them to normal cel...
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