Saccharomyces cerevisiae pms2 mutations are alleles of MLH1, and pms2-2 corresponds to a hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal carcinoma-causing missense mutation

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 3008-3011

  Jeyaprakash, A ^a   Gupta, Ruchira Das ^b   Kolodner, Richard ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BASE MISPAIRING; DNA REPAIR; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM CARCINOMA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0029953665     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.6.3008     Document Type: Article

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