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Absence of prohibitin gene mutations in human epithelial ovarian tumors.
Gynecologic oncology - 1 Jul 1993
Cliby W, Sarkar G, Ritland S R, Hartmann L, Podratz K C, Jenkins R B
Abstract excerpt
Multiple loss of heterozygosity (LOH) studies of ovarian cancers have found a high incidence of chromosome 17 loss in these tumors. Several authors have suggested that the region commonly deleted encompasses 17q12-21. In addition, this region has recently been reported to be linked to the familial breast/ovarian cancer syndrome. Recently the human prohibitin gene was mapped to region 17q12-22. Prohibitin causes...
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