Loss of heterozygosity of DPC4 tumor suppressor gene in human sporadic colon cancer

Journal of Molecular Medicine

Volumn 79, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 128-132

  Popović Hadžija, Marijana ^a   Kapitanović, Sanja ^a   Radošević, Senka ^b   Čačev, Tamara ^a   Mirt, Mirela ^c   Kovačević, Duje ^c   Lukač, Josip ^c   Hadžija, Mirko ^a   Spaventi, Radan ^b   Pavelić, Krešimir ^a  

^a RUDER BO KOVI INSTITUTE   (Croatia)

^b PLIVA CROATIA LTD   (Croatia)

^c SESTRE MILOSRDNICE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; DPC4; Loss of heterozygosity; Tumor suppressor gene

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; CANCER GRADING; CANCER STAGING; COLON CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE LOCUS; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; PREVALENCE; TANDEM REPEAT; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; TUMOR VOLUME;

EID: 0035068121     PISSN: 09462716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001090000179     Document Type: Article

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