Microsatellite instability and frameshift mutations in the bax gene in hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal carcinoma

Japanese Journal of Cancer Research

Volumn 89, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 1020-1027

  Sakao, Yukinori ^a,c   Noro, Masahiro ^a   Sekine, Shigeki ^a   Nozue, Mutsumi ^a   Hirohashi, Setsuo ^b   Itoh, Tsuyoshi ^c   Noguchi, Masayuki ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bax gene; Frameshift mutation; Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer; Microsatellite instability

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN BAX; REPETITIVE DNA;

ARTICLE; CANCER GENETICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; FAMILIAL CANCER; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; ONCOGENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0031727071     PISSN: 09105050     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1349-7006.1998.tb00491.x     Document Type: Article

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