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p57K1P2 is expressed in Wilms' tumor with LOH of 11p15.5.
Genes, chromosomes & cancer - 1 Sept 1996
Overall M L, Spencer J, Bakker M, Dziadek M, Smith P J
Abstract excerpt
p57KIP2 is a cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor that maps to human chromosome band 11p15.5, placing it in a genomically imprinted region that has been implicated in the etiology of Wilms' tumor and in the Beckwith-Wiedemann syndrome. Recent analysis of p57KIP2 expression in the mouse has determined that this gene is exclusively expressed from the maternal allele. It has been suggested that p57KIP2 is the WT2 tumor...
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