Mapping of chromosome 3p deletions in human epithelial ovarian tumors.

doi:10.1038/sj.onc.1202152

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Mapping of chromosome 3p deletions in human epithelial ovarian tumors.

Oncogene - 5 Nov 1998

Lounis H, Mes-Masson A M, Dion F, Bradley W E, Seymour R J, Provencher D, Tonin P N

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Epithelial ovarian tumors frequently display deletions on the short arm of chromosome 3 suggesting the existence of tumor suppressor genes within the deleted regions. We have recently established a primary tissue culture system as a model to investigate the genetic events associated with ovarian...

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Alleles
Chromosome Mapping
Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3
Female
Gene Deletion
Humans
Loss of Heterozygosity
Neoplasm Staging
Ovarian Neoplasms
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length
Tumor Cells, Cultured

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