• Mutation; HGNC; HGNC:1097; BRAF; Simple; p.Val600Glu (c.1799T>A); ClinVar=VCV000013961; Zygosity=Heterozygous (PubMed=16827748; PubMed=18632627; Wistar).
  
• Mutation; HGNC; HGNC:1773; CDK4; Simple; p.Lys22Gln (c.64A>C); ClinVar=VCV000485487; Zygosity=Unspecified (Wistar).
  

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