Mutation screening of MSH2 and MLH1 mRNA in hereditary non-polyposis colon cancer syndrome

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 726-730

  Froggatt, Nicola J ^a   Brassett, Cecilia ^a   Koch, D Jane ^a   Evans, D Gareth R ^b   Hodgson, Shirley V ^c   Ponder, Bruce A J ^a   Maher, Eamonn R ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hereditary non polyposis colorectal cancer; MLH1; MSH2

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BASE MISPAIRING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; DNA REPAIR; EXON; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL LINE; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUTATION RATE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029785458     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jmg.33.9.726     Document Type: Article

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