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Alterations of tumor suppressor gene p16INK4a in pancreatic ductal carcinoma.
BMC gastroenterology - 28 Jun 2005
Attri Jyotika, Srinivasan Radhika, Majumdar Siddhartha, Radotra Bishan Dass, Wig Jaidev
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Cell cycle inhibitor and tumor suppressor gene p16/MTS-1 has been reported to be altered in a variety of human tumors. The purpose of the study was to evaluate primary pancreatic ductal adenocarcinomas for potentially inactivating p16 alterations. METHODS: We investigated the status of p16 gene by polymerase chain reaction (PCR), nonradioisotopic single strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP), DNA...
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