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Mutations of the E-cadherin gene in human gynecologic cancers.
Nature genetics - 1 May 1994
Risinger J I, Berchuck A, Kohler M F, Boyd J
Abstract excerpt
Expression of the E-cadherin cell adhesion molecule is reduced in several types of human carcinomas, and the protein serves as an invasion suppressor in vitro. To determine if mutations of the E-cadherin gene (on chromosome 16q22) contribute to epithelial tumorigenesis, 135 carcinomas of the endometrium and ovary were examined for alterations in the E-cadherin coding region. Four mutations were identified: one...
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