Genetic instability and methylation tolerance in colon cancer

Annali dell'Istituto Superiore di Sanita

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 123-131

  Aquilina, Gabriele ^a   Bignami, Margherita ^a  

^a ISTITUTO SUPERIORE DI SANITÀ   (Italy)

Author keywords

GTBP; hMLH1; hMSH2; HNPCC; Methylation tolerance; Mismatch repair; PMS1; PMS2

Indexed keywords

DRUG DERIVATIVE; GUANINE; METHYLATED DNA PROTEIN CYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; METHYLTRANSFERASE; MICROSATELLITE DNA; O (6) METHYLGUANINE; O-(6)-METHYLGUANINE;

CELL TRANSFORMATION; COLORECTAL TUMOR; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; METHYLATION; PHENOTYPE; REVIEW;

CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GUANINE; HUMANS; METHYLATION; METHYLTRANSFERASES; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; O(6)-METHYLGUANINE-DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0029679797     PISSN: 00212571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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