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Growth factors rescue cutaneous melanoma cells from apoptosis induced by knockdown of mutated (V 600 E) B-RAF.
Oncogene - 15 Sept 2005
Christensen Claus, Guldberg Per
Abstract excerpt
Constitutive activation of the RAS-RAF-MEK-ERK signaling cascade is a hallmark of cutaneous malignant melanoma. A single activating mutation (c.1799 T>A; p.V 600 E) in the gene encoding the serine/threonine kinase B-RAF occurs in >60% of the tumors. Previous work has shown that knockdown of (V 600 E)B-RAF by RNA interference induces a variety of phenotypic changes in cultured melanoma cells, including lower...
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