Molecular biology and clinical implications of the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene

Cellular and Molecular Biology Letters

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 3-18

  Miturski, Roman ^a   Burnouf, Dominique ^b   Nothisen, Mark ^b   Bogusiewicz, Michał ^a   Jakowicki, Jerzy A ^a  

^a Sch Med   (Poland)

^b IRCAD   (France)

Author keywords

Adenomatous Polyposis Coli (APC) Gene; Colon Pathology; Gynaecological Pathology; Mutations

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN; UVOMORULIN;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; COLON ADENOMA; COLON POLYPOSIS; COLON TUMOR; COLORECTAL CANCER; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENE MUTATION; GYNECOLOGIC CANCER; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALIA;

EID: 0034081083     PISSN: 14258153     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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