• Gene deletion; HGNC; HGNC:9588; PTEN; Zygosity=Homozygous (PubMed=17363583).
  
• Mutation; HGNC; HGNC:1097; BRAF; Simple; p.Val600Glu (c.1799T>A); ClinVar=VCV000013961; Zygosity=Unspecified (PubMed=15048078; PubMed=17363583; DepMap=ACH-001568).
  
• Mutation; HGNC; HGNC:11998; TP53; Simple; p.Arg290His (c.869G>A); ClinVar=VCV000127825; Zygosity=Unspecified (PubMed=10070891).
  

PubMed=9354451
Castellano M., Pollock P.M., Walters M.K., Sparrow L.E., Down L.M., Gabrielli B.G., Parsons P.G., Hayward N.K.
CDKN2A/p16 is inactivated in most melanoma cell lines.
Cancer Res. 57:4868-4875(1997)

PubMed=10070891; DOI=10.1038/sj.bjc.6690147; PMCID=PMC2362648
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p53 mutations in human cutaneous melanoma correlate with sun exposure but are not always involved in melanomagenesis.
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PubMed=15048078; DOI=10.1038/sj.onc.1207563
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Microarray expression profiling in melanoma reveals a BRAF mutation signature.
Oncogene 23:4060-4067(2004)

PubMed=17363583; DOI=10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-06-4152
Stark M.S., Hayward N.K.
Genome-wide loss of heterozygosity and copy number analysis in melanoma using high-density single-nucleotide polymorphism arrays.
Cancer Res. 67:2632-2642(2007)

PubMed=17516929; DOI=10.1111/j.1600-0749.2007.00375.x
Johansson P., Pavey S., Hayward N.K.
Confirmation of a BRAF mutation-associated gene expression signature in melanoma.
Pigment Cell Res. 20:216-221(2007)