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Lack of mutations of the adenomatous polyposis coli gene in oesophageal and gastric carcinomas.
Virchows Archiv : an international journal of pathology - 1 Jan 1994
Ogasawara S, Maesawa C, Tamura G, Satodate R
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The adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene is the target of the loss of chromosome 5q heterozygosity observed frequently in gastrointestinal tract carcinomas and is inactivated in these carcinomas. We screened 94 gastrointestinal tract carcinomas for APC mutations, by polymerase chain reaction single-strand conformation polymorphism (SSCP) analysis. Mutations were detected in 8 of 21 (38%) colorectal carcinomas in...
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