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Mutations in the human homologue of the Drosophila segment polarity gene patched (PTCH) in sporadic basal cell carcinomas of the skin and primitive neuroectodermal tumors of the central nervous system.
Cancer research - 1 Jul 1997
Wolter M, Reifenberger J, Sommer C, Ruzicka T, Reifenberger G
Abstract excerpt
The human homologue of the Drosophila segment polarity gene patched (PTCH) has recently been identified as the tumor suppressor gene responsible for the nevoid basal cell carcinoma (BCC) syndrome (H. Hahn et al., Cell, 85: 841-851, 1996; R. L. Johnson et al., Science (Washington DC), 272: 1668-16...
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