Clinical relevance of gain-of-function mutations of p53 in high-grade serous ovarian carcinoma.

PURPOSE: Inactivation of TP53, which occurs predominantly by missense mutations in exons 4-9, is a major genetic alteration in a subset of human cancer. In spite of growing evidence that gain-of-function (GOF) mutations of p53 also have oncogenic activity, little is known about the clinical relevanc...

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Main Authors: Hyo Jeong Kang, Sung-Min Chun, Kyu-Rae Kim, Insuk Sohn, Chang Ohk Sung
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2013-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3742716?pdf=render