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Monitoring oncogenic B-RAF-induced senescence in melanocytes.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 1 Jan 2013
Tran Sieu L, Rizos Helen
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The B-RAF kinase is a downstream effector of the RAS family of proto-oncogenes and is constitutively activated in the majority of human melanomas. The common oncogenic B-RAF(V600E) mutant cooperates with additional genetic lesions to transform immortal murine and human cells. In primary cells, however, B-RAF(V600E) triggers a rapid cell cycle arrest that is phenotypically indistinguishable from cellular...
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