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Differential gene expression between human schwannoma and control Schwann cells
2 Nov 2006
Abstract excerpt
The NF2 gene encodes the tumour suppressor protein merlin. The mutation of a single allele of this gene causes the autosomal dominantly inherited disease neurofibromatosis type 2 (NF2), which is characterized mainly by vestibular schwannoma carrying a second hit mutation. Complete lack of merlin is also found in spontaneous schwannomas and meningiomas. As the events leading to schwannoma development are largely...
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