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p53 gene mutations in oral carcinomas from India.
International journal of cancer - 3 May 1996
Munirajan A K, Tutsumi-Ishii Y, Mohanprasad B K, Hirano Y, Munakata N, Shanmugam G, Tsuchida N
Abstract excerpt
In this study, we analyzed 53 oral squamous-cell carcinomas among Indians for the presence of alterations in the tumor-suppressor gene p53 by PCR-SSCP and sequencing methods. Our results showed that 21% (11/53) of oral carcinomas analyzed carried mutations within the exons 5-8 of the p53 gene. We have identified 11 single-base pair substitutions consisting of 10 mis-sense mutations and one at the splice acceptor...
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