Article
Infrequent ras oncogene point mutations in renal cell carcinoma.
The Journal of urology - 1 Jan 1990
Nanus D M, Mentle I R, Motzer R J, Bander N H, Albino A P
Abstract excerpt
The role of ras oncogenes in the pathogenesis of renal cell carcinoma is unclear. We have previously shown that insertion of a mutated ras oncogene into cultured human proximal tubular cells, the normal counterpart of renal cell carcinomas, initiates a series of transformation events which result...
Topics
- Adenoma
- Carcinoma, Renal Cell
- Cell Line
- DNA, Neoplasm
- Female
- Genes, ras
- Humans
- Kidney Neoplasms
- Male
- Middle Aged
- Mutation
- Nucleic Acid Hybridization
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
