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Analysis of the mitogen-activated protein kinase kinase 4 (MAP2K4) tumor suppressor gene in ovarian cancer.
BMC cancer - 17 May 2011
Davis Sally J, Choong David Y H, Ramakrishna Manasa, Ryland Georgina L, Campbell Ian G, Gorringe Kylie L
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BACKGROUND: MAP2K4 is a putative tumor and metastasis suppressor gene frequently found to be deleted in various cancer types. We aimed to conduct a comprehensive analysis of this gene to assess its involvement in ovarian cancer. METHODS: We screened for mutations in MAP2K4 using High Resolution Melt analysis of 149 primary ovarian tumors and methylation at the promoter using Methylation-Specific Single-Stranded...
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