title: [Detection of K-ras oncogene mutations in human lung cancer by PCR-SSCP-DNA direct sequencing].
abstract: K-ras oncogene mutations were detected with PCR-SSCP-DNA direct sequencing technique in 40 cases of lung cancer. The result of PCR-SSCP silver staining indicated that the mutational rate was 30% (12/40), all mutations were observed in lung adenocarcinoma and its mutational rate was 44% (12/27). The result of DNA direct sequencing showed that 11 of the 12 positive samples screened by PCR-SSCP had mutation and 90% of K-ras mutations were in codon 12. The mutation was mainly G-->T transversion and G-->A transition. The study suggested that SSCP silver staining analysis is very useful in screening large amount of samples simultaneously and PCR-SSCP-DNA direct sequencing method is quite efficient for the detection of oncogene mutation.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Environmental Health & Engineering, Chinese Academy of Preventive Medicine, Beijing, China.
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Fang
authors.forename: X
authors.initials: X
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Liang
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000235:genetics; D002294:Carcinoma, Squamous Cell / Q000235:genetics; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000235:genetics*; D011905:Genes, ras; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D017354:Point Mutation; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods; D018807:Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm