Article
Mutational activation of N- and K-ras oncogenes in plasma cell dyscrasias.
Blood - 15 May 1993
Corradini P, Ladetto M, Voena C, Palumbo A, Inghirami G, Knowles D M, Boccadoro M, Pileri A
Abstract excerpt
The frequency of N- and K-ras oncogene mutations was investigated in plasma cell dyscrasias. Genomic DNAs from 128 patients were selected for this study: 30 monoclonal gammopathies of undetermined significance, 8 solitary plasmacytomas, 77 multiple myelomas (MM), and 13 plasma cell leukemias (PCL...
Topics
- Base Sequence
- Bone Marrow
- Codon
- DNA, Neoplasm
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Genes, ras
- Humans
- Immunoglobulins
- Leukemia, Plasma Cell
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Multiple Myeloma
- Mutation
- Neoplasm Staging
- Oligodeoxyribonucleotides
- Paraproteinemias
- Plasmacytoma
- Point Mutation
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
