Microsatellite instability

Gut

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 1-4

  Frayling, I M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

6 O METHYLGUANINE; DNA POLYMERASE; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0033003920     PISSN: 00175749     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/gut.45.1.1     Document Type: Review

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