Allele loss occurs frequently at hMLH1, but rarely at hMSH2, in sporadic colorectal cancers with microsatellite instability

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 74, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 1514-1517

  Tomlinson, I P M ^a   Ilyas, M ^a,b   Bodmer, W F ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Allele loss; Colon cancer; hMLH1; hMSH2

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; BASE MISPAIRING; CANCER GENETICS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPLICATION; GENE LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUTATION RATE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029853804     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1996.582     Document Type: Article

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