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Clinical characteristics of acromegalic patients whose pituitary tumors contain mutant Gs protein.
The Journal of clinical endocrinology and metabolism - 1 Dec 1990
Landis C A, Harsh G, Lyons J, Davis R L, McCormick F, Bourne H R
Abstract excerpt
Activating mutations in the gene for the alpha-chain of Gs, the stimulatory regulator of adenylyl cyclase, have been identified in human GH-secreting pituitary tumors. Using the polymerase chain reaction and allele-specific oligonucleotide hybridization, we screened 25 GH-secreting tumors for the presence of the activating mutations. We also reviewed the clinical charts of the patients from whom the tumors were...
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