ANALYSIS OF N-RAS EXON-1 MUTATIONS IN MYELODYSPLASTIC SYNDROMES BY POLYMERASE CHAIN-REACTION AND DIRECT SEQUENCING
- 1 January 1989
- journal article
- research article
- Vol. 73 (1) , 281-283
Abstract
Mutations in codons 12 or 13 of the first exon of the N-RAS gene have been reported in myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) in frequencies that vary between 9% and 40% depending on the techniques used in analysis. Gene amplification and direct sequencing provides the only unambiguous method of detecting those mutations that induce amino acid alterations. Using this technique, we analyzed 21 MDS patients for mutations in exon-1 of N-RAS. Condon 12 mutations substituting aspartic acid (GAT) for glycine (GGT) were found in four cases, and a codon 13 mutation substituting alanine (GCT) for glycine (GGT) was detected in one patient. We conclude that N-RAS exon-1 mutations producing amino acid changes occur in about 20% to 25% of MDS cases.This publication has 12 references indexed in Scilit:
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