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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
Abstract excerpt
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 chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and 761 healthy controls. An increased frequency of the p21 codon 31 A1...
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