Article
Longitudinal analysis of point mutations of the N-ras proto-oncogene in patients with myelodysplasia using archived blood smears.
Blood - 1 Mar 1992
van Kamp H, de Pijper C, Verlaan-de Vries M, Bos J L, Leeksma C H, Kerkhofs H, Willemze R, Fibbe W E, Landegent J E
Abstract excerpt
We performed a longitudinal analysis of point mutations of the N-ras proto-oncogene in patients with myelodysplasia and a follow-up of at least 2.5 years after diagnosis. Point mutations at codons 12, 13, and 61 of the N-ras oncogene were analyzed after in vitro amplification of N-ras specific sequences followed by dot-blot hybridization. Lysed cells scraped from archived blood and bone marrow smears were used as...
Topics
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Bone Marrow
- Codon
- Female
- Genes, ras
- Glass
- Humans
- Karyotyping
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
