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An activating beta1 integrin mutation increases the conversion of benign to malignant skin tumors.
Cancer research - 15 Feb 2009
Ferreira Manuela, Fujiwara Hironobu, Morita Kazumasa, Watt Fiona M
Abstract excerpt
Identifying the physiologic relevance of cancer-associated genetic polymorphisms is a major challenge. Several changes in the coding sequence of beta integrin subunits have now been described in human tumors. One of these, T188Ibeta1, was identified as a heterozygous mutation in a poorly differen...
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