Article
Molecular alterations in human skin tumors.
Progress in clinical and biological research - 1 Jan 1992
Ananthaswamy H N, Pierceall W E
Abstract excerpt
Several genetic alterations that perturb normal cellular growth control mechanisms can cause cancers. These include point mutations, deletions, translocations, amplifications and gene rearrangements and occur primarily in two classes of interacting genes, oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes. While mutation or amplification of certain oncogenes can facilitate cell growth and tumor formation (Bishop, 1983, 1991;...
Topics
- Gene Amplification
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Genes, Tumor Suppressor
- Genes, ras
- Heterozygote
- Humans
- Mutation
- Skin Neoplasms