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Inhibition of growth and invasive ability of melanoma by inactivation of mutated BRAF with lentivirus-mediated RNA interference.
Oncogene - 12 Aug 2004
Sumimoto Hidetoshi, Miyagishi Makoto, Miyoshi Hiroyuki, Yamagata Shizuko, Shimizu Ayako, Taira Kazunari, Kawakami Yutaka
Abstract excerpt
Oncogenic mutations of molecules involved in the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathways provide signals mediating both tumor growth and invasion in various cancers including melanomas. BRAF somatic mutations, found in 66% of melanomas, have NIH3T3 transforming ability with the elevated kinase activity in vitro. We attempted to mediate RNA interference (RNAi) with HIV lentiviral vectors specific for...
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