Characterization of MLH1 and MSH2 alternative splicing and its relevance to molecular testing of colorectal cancer susceptibility

Human Genetics

Volumn 102, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 15-20

  Genuardi, Maurizio ^a   Viel, Alessaffdra ^b   Bonora, Daniela ^a   Capozzi, Eugenia ^b   Bellacosa, Alfonso ^a   Leonardi, Francesca ^a   Valle, Roberta ^b   Ventura, Andrea ^a   Pedroni, Monica ^c   Boiocchi, Mauro ^b   Neri, Giovanni ^a  

^a CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b CENTRO DI RIFERIMENTO ONCOLOGICO   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; ARTICLE; BASE MISPAIRING; BLOOD DONOR; BREAST; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CELL TRANSFORMATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON MUCOSA; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL CANCER; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; ILEUM; LIVER; LYMPHOBLAST; MONONUCLEAR CELL; MUSCLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; THYMUS;

ALTERNATIVE SPLICING; CARRIER PROTEINS; CELL LINE; CELLS, CULTURED; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; DISEASE SUSCEPTIBILITY; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MUTS HOMOLOG 2 PROTEIN; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; RNA, MESSENGER; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 0031922771     PISSN: 03406717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004390050648     Document Type: Article

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