Article
Absence of p53 mutation at codon 249 in duck hepatocellular carcinomas from the high incidence area of Qidong (China).
Carcinogenesis - 1 Jul 1994
Duflot A, Hollstein M, Mehrotra R, Trepo C, Montesano R, Cova L
Abstract excerpt
Dietary aflatoxin and hepatitis B virus infection may play a role in generating the p53 tumor suppressor gene codon 249 hotspot mutation found in human hepatocellular carcinomas (HCCs) from Qidong (China) and southern Africa. No data are available on the HCC site-specific mutation of the p53 gene in hepadnavirus-infected animals exposed to AFB1. We have searched for the presence of p53 gene codon 249 mutations in...
Topics
- Aflatoxin B1
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- China
- Codon
- DNA
- Ducks
- Genes, p53
- Hepatitis B Virus, Duck
- Liver Neoplasms, Experimental
- Molecular Sequence Data
