Article
The role of p53 mutations in bilateral breast carcinoma.
Modern pathology : an official journal of the United States and Canadian Academy of Pathology, Inc - 1 Apr 1995
Ackerman J, Baunoch D A, Gimotty P, George J, Lane M A, Dawson P J
Abstract excerpt
Mutations of the tumor suppressor gene p53 have been implicated in certain familial cases of breast cancer. We examined a series of 38 cases of nonfamilial bilateral breast cancer using antibodies CM1 and DO7 to p53 wild-type and mutant protein (Novocastra Laboratories) by the avidin-biotin-perox...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Base Sequence
- Breast Neoplasms
- Carcinoma, Ductal, Breast
- DNA Primers
- DNA, Neoplasm
- Exons
- Female
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Genes, p53
- Humans
- Immunoenzyme Techniques
- Middle Aged
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
