Rare alleles at different VNTR loci among lung-cancer patients with microsatellite instability in tumours

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 412-415

  Lindstedt, Bjoørn Arne ^a   Ryberg, David ^a   Haugen, Aage ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; LUNG CANCER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ALLELES; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 1; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 13; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 3; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 9; GENES, RAS; GENETIC MARKERS; HUMANS; LUNG NEOPLASMS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MINISATELLITE REPEATS;

EID: 0031036683     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19970207)70:4<412::AID-IJC7>3.0.CO;2-Z     Document Type: Article

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