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Lack of RING finger domain (RFD) mutations of the c-cbl gene in oral squamous cell carcinomas in Chennai, India.
Asian Pacific journal of cancer prevention : APJCP - 1 Jan 2013
Rajendran Senthilnathan, Muthupalani Rajendran Shanmugam, Ramanathan Arvind
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BACKGROUND: In normal cells, activated epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) molecules are subjected to ubiquitination-mediated proteasome degradation pathway by c-Cbl, an ubiquitin ligase that checks uncontrolled proliferation. Hence expression of wild type c-Cbl molecule is essential to keep this degradation machinery in a functional state. Loss of expression or function of c-Cbl may consequently lead to...
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