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Analysis of the 11p13 Wilms' tumor suppressor gene (WT1) in ovarian tumors.
Cancer investigation - 1 Jan 1993
Bruening W, Gros P, Sato T, Stanimir J, Nakamura Y, Housman D, Pelletier J
Abstract excerpt
We have examined the status of the Wilms' tumor suppressor gene (WT1), residing at chromosome 11 band p13, in a total of 40 cancers of the female reproductive tract. Northern blot analysis revealed that the WT1 gene is expressed in a large percentage of ovarian tumors (75%) analyzed. Single-strand conformation polymorphism analysis was performed on all the tumors in this study in an attempt to detect mutations...
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