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p53 mutations in ovarian cancer: a late event?
Oncogene - 1 Sept 1991
Mazars R, Pujol P, Maudelonde T, Jeanteur P, Theillet C
Abstract excerpt
Using a combination of polymerase chain reaction and single-strand conformation polymorphism techniques we analyzed 34 ovarian cancer samples (30 primary tumors and four matched metastases) for the presence of mutations in exons 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 of the p53 gene. Mutations in this portion of the gene are known to lead to the loss of the oncosuppressive potential of p53. Thirty-six percent (11/30) of the ovarian...
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