p53 gene mutations in human epithelial skin cancers.

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p53 gene mutations in human epithelial skin cancers.

Oncogene - 1 Mar 1993

Molès J P, Moyret C, Guillot B, Jeanteur P, Guilhou J J, Theillet C, Basset-Sèguin N

Abstract excerpt

In the present study we analysed 38 epithelial skin cancers, 19 basal cell carcinomas (BCCs), 13 squamous cell carcinomas (SCCs) and six Bowen diseases (BwDs), using a combination of polymerase chain reaction (PCR) and single-stranded conformation polymorphism (SSCP) techniques for the presence o...

Topics

Base Sequence
Bowen's Disease
Carcinoma, Basal Cell
Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
Genes, p53
Humans
Immunohistochemistry
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
Skin Neoplasms
Tumor Suppressor Protein p53

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