Methylation of O-6-methylguanine DNA methyltransferase characterizes a subset of colorectal cancer with low-level DNA microsatellite instability

Cancer Research

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 827-830

  Whitehall, Vicki L J ^a   Walsh, Michael D ^b   Young, Joanne ^a   Leggett, Barbara A ^a   Jass, Jeremy R ^b  

^a Royal Brisbane and Womens Hospital Research Foundation   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METHYLATED DNA PROTEIN CYSTEINE METHYLTRANSFERASE; MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; METHYLATION; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; ONCOGENE K RAS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; GENES, RAS; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MUTATION; O(6)-METHYLGUANINE-DNA METHYLTRANSFERASE;

EID: 0035117307     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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