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Frequent clones of p53-mutated keratinocytes in normal human skin.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 26 Nov 1996
Jonason A S, Kunala S, Price G J, Restifo R J, Spinelli H M, Persing J A, Leffell D J, Tarone R E, Brash D E
Abstract excerpt
The multiple genetic hit model of cancer predicts that normal individuals should have stable populations of cancer-prone, but noncancerous, mutant cells awaiting further genetic hits. We report that whole-mount preparations of human skin contain clonal patches of p53-mutated keratinocytes, arisin...
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