Article
Equal parental origin of chromosome 22 losses in human sporadic meningioma: no evidence for genomic imprinting.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Nov 1990
Fontaine B, Rouleau G A, Seizinger B, Jewell A F, Hanson M P, Martuza R L, Gusella J F
Abstract excerpt
Inactivation of tumor suppressor genes can occur either by mutation at the gene locus or by loss of part or all of the chromosome region containing the gene. The latter is most frequently detected by DNA markers as loss of heterozygosity in the tumor tissue. In several reports, the paternal homologue was preferentially retained in embryonal tumors associated with loss of particular chromosomal regions, suggesting...
Topics
- Alleles
- Brain Neoplasms
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 22
- DNA
- Female
- Genetic Markers
- Genome, Human
- Humans
- Leukocytes
- Male
- Meningioma
