Evidence against Ha-ras-1 involvement in sporadic and familial melanoma.

doi:10.1038/325073a0

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Evidence against Ha-ras-1 involvement in sporadic and familial melanoma.

Nature - 1 Jan 2000

Gerhard D S, Dracopoli N C, Bale S J, Houghton A N, Watkins P, Payne C E, Greene M H, Housman D E

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It was recently reported that different rare alleles at the Ha-ras-1 locus occurred at a significantly higher combined frequency in cancer patients than in an unaffected population. In particular, melanoma patients were reported to have a significantly higher frequency of such alleles. We have ex...

Topics

Alleles
Chromosome Mapping
DNA
Gene Frequency
Genetic Linkage
Humans
Melanoma
Oncogenes
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length

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