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Integrin genes and susceptibility to human melanoma.
Mutagenesis - 1 May 2012
Lenci Romina E, Rachakonda P Sivaramakrishna, Kubarenko Andriy V, Weber Alexander N R, Brandt Andreas, Gast Andreas, Sucker Antje, Hemminki Kari, Schadendorf Dirk, Kumar Rajiv
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Integrins are transmembrane adhesion molecules that mediate cell-cell and cell-extracellular matrix attachment. Integrins regulate cell growth, proliferation, migration and apoptosis and as a consequence, can have a potential role in tumour progression and metastasis. In this study, we investigated 19 non-synonymous variants in the coding region of the human integrin genes representing 3 beta subunits and 13...
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