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Frequent loss of heterozygosity on chromosomes 6q, 11, and 17 in human ovarian carcinomas.
Cancer research - 1 May 1990
Lee J H, Kavanagh J J, Wildrick D M, Wharton J T, Blick M
Abstract excerpt
Recently, tumor-specific allele loss has been shown to be an important characteristic of some tumors. When such loss includes one or more growth-regulatory genes, it may allow the expression of tumorigenicity. Using Southern blots, we analyzed normal and tumor DNA samples from 19 ovarian cancer patients, using a series of polymorphic DNA probes that map to a variety of chromosomal loci. Of 14 informative cases,...
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