Article
Loss of 17p, mutation of the p53 gene, and overexpression of p53 protein in esophageal squamous cell carcinomas.
Cancer research - 15 Feb 1993
Wagata T, Shibagaki I, Imamura M, Shimada Y, Toguchida J, Yandell D W, Ikenaga M, Tobe T, Ishizaki K
Abstract excerpt
We analyzed mutations of the p53 gene by single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis of polymerase chain reaction products and direct sequencing through all coding exons and exon-intron junctions in 32 cases with esophageal squamous cell carcinoma. Mutations were detected in 15 of 32 (47%) tumor samples, in which G:C to T:A transversions were rather frequent (33%). Previously, we reported deletion of...
Topics
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Base Sequence
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
- Chromosome Deletion
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 17
- Esophageal Neoplasms
- Female
- Genes, p53
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
