Association between the p21 codon 31 A1 (arg) allele and lung cancer.

doi:10.1159/000154357

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Association between the p21 codon 31 A1 (arg) allele and lung cancer.

Human heredity - 1 Jan 2000

Själander A, Birgander R, Rannug A, Alexandrie A K, Tornling G, Beckman G

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In previous investigations p53 polymorphisms and haplotypes have been found to be associated with different types of cancer. In this paper the codon 31 polymorphism of the p53-inducible protein p21 was studied in 144 Swedish lung cancer patients and two different control groups: 95 patients with...

Topics

Alleles
Arginine
Codon
Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p21
Cyclins
Gene Frequency
Humans
Lung Diseases, Obstructive
Lung Neoplasms
Polymorphism, Genetic
Smoking
Sweden

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