Mononucleotide microsatellite instability and germline MSH6 mutation analysis in early onset colorectal cancer

Journal of Medical Genetics

Volumn 36, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 678-682

  Verma, Loveena ^a   Kane, Michael F ^b   Brassett, Cecilia ^c   Schmeits, James ^b   Evans, D Gareth R ^d   Kolodner, Richard D ^b   Maher, Eamonn R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^d ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Early onset colorectal cancer; Germline MSH6 mutation analysis; Mononucleotide microsatellite instability

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; DINUCLEOTIDE REPEAT; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST;

ADULT; AGE OF ONSET; BASE PAIR MISMATCH; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTS HOMOLOG 2 PROTEIN; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS;

EID: 0032830214     PISSN: 00222593     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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