Article
Aberrant FHIT transcripts in squamous cell carcinoma of the uterine cervix.
International journal of cancer - 13 Apr 1998
Yoshino K, Enomoto T, Nakamura T, Nakashima R, Wada H, Saitoh J, Noda K, Murata Y
Abstract excerpt
The fragile histidine triad (FHIT) tumor suppressor gene at 3p14.2 has abnormalities in several types of human cancers. To investigate the potential role of FHIT in cervical cancer, which exhibits frequent loss of heterozygosity of 3p, we have examined primary cervical cancer samples from 28 pati...
Topics
- Acid Anhydride Hydrolases
- Adult
- Aged
- Alleles
- Carcinoma, Squamous Cell
- Female
- Gene Deletion
- Gene Expression Regulation, Neoplastic
- Genes, Tumor Suppressor
- Humans
- Middle Aged
- Neoplasm Proteins
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
- Protein Biosynthesis
- Proteins
- RNA, Messenger
- Transcription, Genetic
