Molecular definition of a chromosome 9p21 germ-line deletion in a woman with multiple melanomas and a plexiform neurofibroma: implications for 9p tumor-suppressor gene(s).
Petty E, Gibson L, Fountain J, Bolognia J, Yang-Feng T, Housman D, Bale A. Molecular definition of a chromosome 9p21 germ-line deletion in a woman with multiple melanomas and a plexiform neurofibroma: implications for 9p tumor-suppressor gene(s). American Journal Of Human Genetics 1993, 53: 96-104. PMID: 8317504, PMCID: PMC1682234.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCutaneous malignant melanomaGerm-line deletionMalignant melanomaPrimary malignant melanomaMelanoma predisposition genePlexiform neurofibromaPulsed-field gel electrophoresisMultiple melanomasPredisposition genesMelanoma tumorigenesisMelanomaTandem repeat polymorphismCytogenetic rearrangementsPatient's DNAHigh-resolution karyotypeMode of inheritanceWomenCutaneous malignant melanoma and atypical moles associated with a constitutional rearrangement of chromosomes 5 and 9
Petty E, Bolognia J, Bale A, Yang‐Feng T. Cutaneous malignant melanoma and atypical moles associated with a constitutional rearrangement of chromosomes 5 and 9. American Journal Of Medical Genetics 1993, 45: 77-80. PMID: 8418665, DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.1320450119.Peer-Reviewed Case Reports and Technical NotesConceptsHereditary cutaneous malignant melanomaCutaneous malignant melanomaMalignant melanomaMultiple primary melanomasMelanoma tumor tissuesUnbalanced reciprocal translocationPrimary melanomaFamily historyTumor tissueMelanomaCell linesLarge kindredChromosome 9pKindredsReciprocal translocationMolecular studiesShort armNumerous studiesChromosome 5