Article
Identification of intronic point mutations as an alternative mechanism for p53 inactivation in lung cancer.
The Journal of clinical investigation - 1 Jul 1990
Takahashi T, D'Amico D, Chiba I, Buchhagen D L, Minna J D
Abstract excerpt
The p53 gene initially was thought to be an oncogene, but recent evidence suggests that wild-type p53 can function as a tumor suppressor gene in lung, colon, and breast cancer as well as less common malignancies. This study reports the first identification of intronic point mutations as a mechanism for inactivation of the p53 tumor suppressor gene. Abnormally sized p53 mRNAs found in a small cell and a non-small...
Topics
- Amino Acid Sequence
- Base Sequence
- Carcinoma, Small Cell
- DNA
- DNA, Neoplasm
- Genes
- Humans
- Lung Neoplasms
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Oncogene Proteins
