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TP53 mutation analyses on breast carcinomas: a study of paraffin-embedded archival material.
British journal of cancer - 1 Aug 1996
Gretarsdottir S, Tryggvadottir L, Jonasson J G, Sigurdsson H, Olafsdottir K, Agnarsson B A, Ogmundsdottir H, Eyfjörd J E
Abstract excerpt
The aim of this investigation was to examine the possibility of analysing TP53 mutations in archival paraffin-embedded material with the constant denaturant gel electrophoresis (CDGE) method. We extracted DNA from 193 archival primary breast carcinoma samples, diagnosed in 1981-83; further analysis was possible for 186 of these. TP53 mutations in exons 5-8 were detected with CDGE in 30 samples (16.1%) and 17 of...
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