Hypermethylation of the hMLH1 promoter in colon cancer with microsatellite instability

Cancer Research

Volumn 58, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 3455-3460

  Cunningham, Julie M ^a   Christensen, Eric R ^a   Tester, David J ^a   Kim, Cheong Yong ^a   Roche, Patrick C ^a   Burgart, Lawrence J ^a   Thibodeau, Stephen N ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COLON CANCER; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MISSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION;

CARRIER PROTEINS; COLONIC NEOPLASMS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA, NEOPLASM; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MUTS HOMOLOG 2 PROTEIN; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS;

EID: 0032146118     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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