Correlation of methylation of the hMLH1 promoter with lack of expression of hMLH1 in sporadic gastric carcinomas with replication error

Laboratory Investigation

Volumn 79, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 903-909

  Kang, Gyeong Hoon ^a   Shim, Yhong Hee ^a   Ro, Jae Y ^a  

^a University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; METHYLATION; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; STOMACH CARCINOMA;

CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; HUMANS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PERIODICITY; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; STOMACH NEOPLASMS;

EID: 0006049901     PISSN: 00236837     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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