The fragile X CGG repeat shows a marked level of instability in hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer patients

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 89-93

  Fulchignoni Lataud, M C ^a   Olchwang, S ^b   Serre, J L ^a  

^a LABORATOIRE DES SCIENCES DU CLIMAT ET DE L ENVIRONNEMENT   (France)

^b INSTITUT CURIE   (France)

Author keywords

Fragile X syndrome; HNPCC; Microsatellite slippage; Mismatch repair genes; Unstable repeat

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FRAGILE X SYNDROME; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC STABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STATISTICS;

EID: 0030950015     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000484739     Document Type: Article

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