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Status and expression of the p16INK4 gene in human thyroid tumors and thyroid-tumor cell lines.
International journal of cancer - 3 Jul 1996
Calabrò V, Strazzullo M, La Mantia G, Fedele M, Paulin C, Fusco A, Lania L
Abstract excerpt
The p16INK4 tumor-suppressor gene (also known as CDKN2, CDK41 and MTS1) encodes a negative regulator of the cell cycle. This gene, located in 9p21, is mutated or homozygously deleted in a high percentage of tumor cell lines and specific types of primary tumors. We have examined the status of the p16INK4 gene in 31 thyroid tumors and 7 thyroid cell lines. No DNA abnormalities were found in primary tumors....
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