Defects in mismatch repair occur after APC mutations in the pathogenesis of sporadic colorectal tumours

Human Mutation

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 114-120

  Homfray, T F R ^a   Cottrell, S E ^a   Ilyas, M ^a,b,c   Rowan, A ^a,b   Talbot, I C ^c   Bodmer, W F ^a,b   Tomlinson, I P M ^a,d,e  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^e NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

APC mutations; Colorectal tumorigenesis; Defective MMR

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BASE MISPAIRING; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; COLON POLYPOSIS; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031908348     PISSN: 10597794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-1004(1998)11:2<114::AID-HUMU3>3.0.CO;2-J     Document Type: Article

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