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Role of BRAF in thyroid oncogenesis.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 15 Dec 2011
Caronia Lisa M, Phay John E, Shah Manisha H
Abstract excerpt
BRAF, a cytoplasmic serine-threonine protein kinase, plays a critical role in cell signaling as an activator within the mitogen-activated protein kinase (MAPK) pathway. The most common BRAF mutation is the V600E transversion, which causes constitutive kinase activity. This mutation has been found in a multitude of human cancers, including both papillary thyroid cancer (PTC) and papillary-derived anaplastic...
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