9p21 deletions in primary melanoma.

Article

9p21 deletions in primary melanoma.

Dermatology online journal - 1 Dec 1997

Naylor M F, Brown S, Quinlan C, Pitha J V, Evertt M A

Abstract excerpt

Formalin-fixed, paraffin-embedded primary melanoma biopsies were evaluated for evidence of genomic loss on the short arm of chromosome 9 using microsatellite PCR assays for the D9S157, D9S161 and D9S171 loci. Paired normal and tumor DNA was extracted from the same block for comparison of microsat...

Topics

Alleles
Chromosome Deletion
DNA, Neoplasm
Genetic Markers
Humans
Melanoma
Microsatellite Repeats
Polymerase Chain Reaction
Skin Neoplasms

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