Article
Codons 12 and 13 of H-ras protooncogene interrupt the progression of DNA synthesis catalyzed by DNA polymerase alpha.
Cancer research - 15 Jun 1993
Hoffmann J S, Fry M, Ji J, Williams K J, Loeb L A
Abstract excerpt
Mutagenesis of protooncogenes has been postulated to contribute to the initiation and progression of human cancer. Activating mutations in the H-ras gene are predominantly single-base substitutions and are most frequently identified at codons 12, 13, and 61. We have analyzed the effects of DNA sequence context at specific codons that are hot spots for ras mutation with respect to abnormalities in copying by...
Topics
- Base Sequence
- Codon
- DNA
- DNA Polymerase II
- DNA, Single-Stranded
- Gene Amplification
- Genes, ras
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
