학술논문

Preferential DNA Damage and Poor Repair Determine ras Gene Mutational Hotspot in Human Cancer.
Document Type
Article
Source
JNCI: Journal of the National Cancer Institute. 10/16/2002, Vol. 94 Issue 20, p1527. 10p. 17 Diagrams, 8 Graphs.
Subject
*CANCER
*DNA damage
*RAS oncogenes
Language
ISSN
0027-8874
Abstract
Examines the tobacco smoke carcinogen-induced DNA damage in human cancer. Use of the UvrABC nuclease incision method in the study; Link between human cancer mutational hotspot at codon 12 of K-ras to preferential DNA damage; Presence of mutations in ras genes in human cancers.