Extensive methylation of hMLH1 promoter region predominates in proximal colon cancer with microsatellite instability

Gastroenterology

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 1300-1309

  Miyakura, Yasuyuki ^a   Sugano, Kokichi ^a,b   Konishi, Fumio ^a   Ichikawa, Akira ^b   Maekawa, Masato ^c   Shitoh, Kazuhisa ^a   Igarashi, Seiji ^b   Kotake, Kenjiro ^b   Koyama, Yasuo ^b   Nagai, Hideo ^a  

^a JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOCHIGI CANCER CENTER   (Japan)

^c HAMAMATSU UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN MLH1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GENE INACTIVATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHYLATION; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0035213535     PISSN: 00165085     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/gast.2001.29616     Document Type: Article

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