• Gene deletion; HGNC; HGNC:1787; CDKN2A; Zygosity=Homozygous (PubMed=9598804).
  
• Gene deletion; HGNC; HGNC:1788; CDKN2B; Zygosity=Heterozygous (PubMed=9598804).
  
• Mutation; HGNC; HGNC:1097; BRAF; Simple; p.Val600Glu (c.1799T>A); ClinVar=VCV000013961; Zygosity=Unspecified (PubMed=21725359; PubMed=24576830).
  

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Virtually 100% of melanoma cell lines harbor alterations at the DNA level within CDKN2A, CDKN2B, or one of their downstream targets.
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PubMed=21725359; DOI=10.1038/onc.2011.250; PMCID=PMC3267014
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PubMed=24576830; DOI=10.1158/0008-5472.CAN-13-2625; PMCID=PMC4005042
Nissan M.H., Pratilas C.A., Jones A.M., Ramirez R., Won H., Liu C.-L., Tiwari S., Kong L., Hanrahan A.J., Yao Z., Merghoub T., Ribas A., Chapman P.B., Yaeger R.D., Taylor B.S., Schultz N., Berger M.F., Rosen N., Solit D.B.
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