Germ-line transmission of a mutated p53 gene in a cancer-prone family with Li–Fraumeni syndrome

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The p53 gene in a family affected by Li–Fraumeni syndrome, a rare autosomal dominant syndrome characterized by the occurrence of diverse mesenchymal and epithelial neoplasms at multiple sites, had the same point mutation in codon 245 (GGC→GAC), which leads to substitution of aspartic acid for glycine in one of the regions identified as a frequent target of point mutations in p53.

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1990-12-01
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Li–Fraumeni syndrome, Point mutation, Biology, Mutation, Genetics

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