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Role of VHL gene mutation in human cancer.
Journal of clinical oncology : official journal of the American Society of Clinical Oncology - 15 Dec 2004
Kim William Y, Kaelin William G
Abstract excerpt
Germline inactivation of the von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) tumor suppressor gene causes the von Hippel-Lindau hereditary cancer syndrome, and somatic mutations of this gene have been linked to the development of sporadic hemangioblastomas and clear-cell renal carcinomas. The VHL tumor suppressor protein (pVHL), through its oxygen-dependent polyubiquitylation of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF), plays a central role in...
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