Mechanisms of oncogenesis in patients with familial retinoblastoma.

Abstract excerpt

In an analysis of mutations in the RB1 gene in three patients, selected at random, who had a positive family history of tumours, we identified mutations, in constitutional cells, involving exons 3, 13 and 17 of the RB1 gene. We used SSCP and PCR sequencing to screen affected individuals and other...

Topics

• Amino Acid Sequence
• Base Sequence
• DNA, Neoplasm
• Female
• Genes, Retinoblastoma
• Humans
• Male
• Molecular Sequence Data
• Mutation
• Pedigree
• Polymerase Chain Reaction
• Retinoblastoma