Article
Accumulation of wild-type p53 in meningiomas.
Neuropathology and applied neurobiology - 1 Apr 1995
Ellison D W, Lunec J, Gallagher P J, Steart P V, Jaros E, Gatter K C
Abstract excerpt
The p53 tumour suppressor gene contributes to the regulation of DNA repair and the initiation of apoptosis. Mutations of this gene and nuclear accumulation of its protein product are features of a large variety of tumours. A histological spectrum of meningiomas, including anaplastic examples and...
Topics
- Antibodies, Monoclonal
- Base Sequence
- Cell Nucleus
- DNA Repair
- DNA, Neoplasm
- Exons
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Genes, p53
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Meningeal Neoplasms
- Meningioma
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Polymerase Chain Reaction