In melanoma, RAS mutations are accompanied by switching signaling from BRAF to CRAF and disrupted cyclic AMP signaling.

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Published in Cancer Res on October 01, 2006

Authors

Nicolas Dumaz1, Robert Hayward, Jan Martin, Lesley Ogilvie, Douglas Hedley, John A Curtin, Boris C Bastian, Caroline Springer, Richard Marais

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1: Signal Transduction Team, The Institute for Cancer Research, Cancer Research UK Centre of Cell and Molecular Biology, London, United Kingdom.

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