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Nucleotide variants within the IQGAP1 gene in diffuse-type gastric cancers.
Genes, chromosomes & cancer - 1 Mar 2005
Morris Leah E, Bloom George S, Frierson Henry F, Powell Steven M
Abstract excerpt
IQGAP1 is recognized as a negative regulator of cell-cell adhesion at adherens junctions in several cell types, including gastric mucosal cells. The histopathologic appearance of diffuse gastric carcinoma is defined by non- or poorly cohesive tumor cells, indicating abnormal intercellular adhesion. Hence, we screened 38 gastric cancers for activating point mutations in IQGAP1. In 2 of the 33 diffuse gastric...
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