Microsatellite instability in Japanese hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer does not induce mutation of a simple repeat sequence of the bax gene

Cancer Letters

Volumn 124, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 193-197

  Sakakibara, Takashi ^a   Nakamura, Takeshi ^b   Yamamoto, Masahiro ^b   Matsuo, Masafumi ^a  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KOBE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bax gene; Hereditary non polyposis colorectal cancer; Microsatellite instability; Non polyposis colorectal cancer

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN BAX;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENOME; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

EID: 0032570647     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(97)00477-1     Document Type: Article

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