Microsatellite instability in tumors as a model to study the process of microsatellite mutations

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 347-352

  Sturzeneker, Rosane ^a   Bevilacqua, Roberta A U ^b   Haddad, Luciana A ^a   Simpson, Andrew J G ^b   Pena, Sérgio D J ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF MINAS GERAIS   (Brazil)

^b LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA; REPETITIVE DNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MODEL; MUTATION RATE; POPULATION GENETICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH TUMOR;

EID: 0034639682     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/9.3.347     Document Type: Article

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