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Colorectal carcinoma prognosis can be predicted by alterations in gene p53 exons 5 and 8.
International journal of colorectal disease - 1 Jun 2008
Vidaurreta M, Maestro M L, Sanz-Casla M T, Rafael S, Veganzones S, de la Orden V, Cerdán J, Arroyo M, Torres A
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Gene p53 alteration is a genetic event described in the progression from adenoma to colorectal carcinoma. Most of the p53 mutations occur in exons 5 to 8 in highly preserved regions and in the three main structural domains of the p53 protein. It is possible that mutations affecting different structural regions may present different effects on the p53 protein function and, due to this, they...
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