Codon 12 Harvey-ras mutations are rare events in non-melanoma human skin cancer.

doi:10.1111/j.1365-2133.1993.tb15137.x

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Codon 12 Harvey-ras mutations are rare events in non-melanoma human skin cancer.

The British journal of dermatology - 1 Feb 1993

Campbell C, Quinn A G, Rees J L

Abstract excerpt

ras mutations have been reported as an early event in some human malignancies and in the mouse skin model of multistep carcinogenesis; early studies in human non-melanoma skin cancers have reported variable rates of ras mutations. A recent study, however, has reported a high frequency of activati...

Topics

Base Sequence
Bowen's Disease
Carcinoma, Basal Cell
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
Codon
DNA, Neoplasm
Genes, ras
Humans
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Proto-Oncogene Mas
Skin Neoplasms

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