Mutation hotspots in the p53 gene in tumors of different origin: correlation with evolutionary conservation and signs of positive selection.

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We present a classification analysis of the mutation spectra of the p53 gene and construct maps of hotspots for the germline (Li-Fraumein syndrome), different types of tumors and their derived cell lines. While spectra from solid tumors share common hotspots with the germline spectrum, they also contain unique sets of somatic hotspots that are not observed in the germline. All these hotspots correspond to amino...

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