Article
Low frequency of p53 mutations in human thyroid tumours; p53 and Ras mutation in two out of fifty-six thyroid tumours.
European journal of endocrinology - 1 Feb 1996
Salvatore D, Celetti A, Fabien N, Paulin C, Martelli M L, Battaglia C, Califano D, Monaco C, Viglietto G, Santoro M, Fusco A
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: p53 is a well-known nuclear phosphoprotein encoded by a suppressor gene know to be mutated in various kinds of human tumours. A relationship between p53 gene mutation and tumour progression seems to be a common feature of several neoplasias. DESIGN: In order to investigate the role of...
Topics
- Base Sequence
- DNA, Neoplasm
- Exons
- Genes, p53
- Genes, ras
- Humans
- Immunohistochemistry
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational
- Thyroid Neoplasms
