A truncated hMSH2 transcript occurs as a common variant in the population: Implications for genetic diagnosis

Cancer Research

Volumn 56, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2289-2292

  Xia, Ling ^a   Shen, Wei ^a   Ritacca, Frank ^a   Mitri, Angela ^a   Madlensky, Lisa ^b   Berk, Terri ^b   Cohen, Zane ^a   Gallinger, Steven ^a   Bapat, Bharati ^a  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SCREENING; COLORECTAL CANCER; EXON; FAMILIAL CANCER; GENE DELETION; GENETIC SCREENING; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EXONS; FALSE POSITIVE REACTIONS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENETIC COUNSELING; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; LYMPHOCYTES; MUTS HOMOLOG 2 PROTEIN; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RNA SPLICING; RNA, MESSENGER; RNA, NEOPLASM; SEQUENCE DELETION; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 0029994784     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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