Frequencies of KIT and GNAQ mutations in acral melanoma

J Cutan Pathol. 2014 Nov;41(11):893-4. doi: 10.1111/cup.12382. Epub 2014 Nov 3.

Authors

Hanne Eknes Puntervoll¹, Anders Molven, Lars Andreas Akslen

Affiliation

¹ Centre for Cancer Biomarkers CCBIO, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway; The Gade Laboratory for Pathology, Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.

PMID: 25363280
DOI: 10.1111/cup.12382

No abstract available

Keywords: cancer; malignant melanoma; molecular pathology.

Publication types

Letter

MeSH terms

Black People
DNA Mutational Analysis
Female
Foot / pathology
GTP Phosphohydrolases / genetics
GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits / genetics*
GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gq-G11
Hand / pathology
Humans
Male
Melanoma / ethnology
Melanoma / genetics*
Membrane Proteins / genetics
Multiplex Polymerase Chain Reaction
Mutation
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit / genetics*
Skin Neoplasms / ethnology
Skin Neoplasms / genetics*
White People

Substances

GNAQ protein, human
GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits
Membrane Proteins
Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit
GTP Phosphohydrolases
NRAS protein, human
GTP-Binding Protein alpha Subunits, Gq-G11