Somatic alterations of the SMAD-2 gene in human colorectal cancers

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 78, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 1152-1155

  Takagi, Y ^a   Koumura, H ^a   Futamura, M ^a   Aoki, S ^a   Ymaguchi, K ^a   Kida, H ^a   Tanemura, H ^a   Shimokawa, K ^a   Saji, S ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

18q21; Colorectal cancer; SMAD 2; SMAD 4

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DNA;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME 18Q; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE DELETION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MISSENSE MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; SOMATIC MUTATION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0031756444     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1998.645     Document Type: Article

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