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A novel PIK3CA hotspot mutation in Isfahanian breast cancer patients.
Cancer investigation - 1 May 2011
Gharbi Sedigheh, Faghihi Mehri, Tavassoli Manoochehr
Abstract excerpt
Somatic mutations of phosphatidylinositol 3-kinase (PI3K) catalytic subunit (PIK3CA) play an important role in tumorigenesis. Using PCR-SSCP, followed by sequencing, we examined the PIK3CA gene over the previously identified mutational hotspots in a panel of 50 breast cancer and 5 normal breast tissue, as well as 50 normal blood samples isolated from a population of Iranian patients. In the present study, the...
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