Graham Bignell, Raffaella Smith, Chris Hunter, Philip Stephens, Helen Davies, Chris Greenman, Jon Teague, Adam Butler, Sarah Edkins, Claire Stevens, Sarah O'Meara, Adrian Parker, Tim Avis, Syd Barthorpe, Lisa Brackenbury, Gemma Buck, Jody Clements, Jennifer Cole, Ed Dicks, Ken Edwards, Simon Forbes, Matthew Gorton, Kristian Gray, Kelly Halliday, Rachel Harrison, Katy Hills, Jonathon Hinton, David Jones, Vivienne Kosmidou, Ross Laman, Richard Lugg, Andrew Menzies, Janet Perry, Robert Petty, Keiran Raine, Rebecca Shepherd, Alexandra Small, Helen Solomon, Yvonne Stephens, Calli Tofts, Jennifer Varian, Anthony Webb, Sofie West, Sara Widaa, Andy Yates, Ad J M Gillis, Hans J Stoop, Ruud J H L M van Gurp, J Wolter Oosterhuis, Leendert H J Looijenga, P Andrew Futreal, Richard Wooster, Michael R Stratton
The protein kinase gene family is the most frequently mutated in human cancer. Previous work has documented activating mutations in the KIT receptor tyrosine kinase in testicular germ-cell tumors (TGCT). To investigate further the potential role of mutated protein kinases in the development of TGCT and to characterize the prevalence and patterns of point mutations in these tumors, we have sequenced the coding exons and splice junctions of the annotated protein kinase family of 518 genes in a series of seven seminomas and six nonseminomas...
January 2006: Genes, Chromosomes & Cancer