Germline mutations of the dpc4 gene in Korean juvenile polyposis patients

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 86, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 529-532

  Kim, Il Jin ^a   Ku, Ja Lok ^a   Yoon, Kyong Ah ^a   Heo, Seung Chul ^a   Jeong, Seung Yong ^a   Choi, Hyo Seong ^a   Hong, Kwan Hee ^b   Yang, Suk Kyun ^c   Park, Jae Gahb ^a  

^a Seoul National University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Inje University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c University of Ulsan College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; COLON POLYPOSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENES, TUMOR SUPPRESSOR; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE-STRANDED CONFORMATIONAL; SMAD4 PROTEIN; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0034059424     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(20000515)86:4<529::AID-IJC14>3.0.CO;2-O     Document Type: Article

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