Roles of the DNA mismatch repair genes in colorectal tumorigenesis

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 69, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 47-49

  Boland, C Richard ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASE MISPAIRING; CARCINOGENESIS; CHROMOSOME 3; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; HUMAN; ONCOGENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ALLELES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DNA REPAIR; DNA, NEOPLASM; HUMANS;

EID: 0029882494     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19960220)69:1<47::AID-IJC11>3.0.CO;2-H     Document Type: Conference Paper

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