Article
RAS gene mutations in childhood acute myeloid leukemia: a Pediatric Oncology Group study.
Genes, chromosomes & cancer - 1 Jul 1990
Vogelstein B, Civin C I, Preisinger A C, Krischer J P, Steuber P, Ravindranath Y, Weinstein H, Elfferich P, Bos J
Abstract excerpt
Mutations at codon 12, 13, and 61 of the HRAS, KRAS, and NRAS genes were evaluated in 99 cases of pediatric acute myeloid leukemia (AML) using oligonucleotide hybridization to polymerase chain reacted derived products. Twenty-four mutations were identified in the NRAS gene, 13 in the KRAS gene, a...
Topics
- Adolescent
- Alleles
- Child
- Child, Preschool
- Codon
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- DNA Probes
- DNA, Neoplasm
- Female
- Genes, ras
- Humans
- Infant
- Leukemia, Myeloid, Acute
