Characterization of DNA polymorphisms in the E-cadherin gene (CDH1) promoter region

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 502, Issue 1-2, 2002, Pages 19-24

  Nakamura, Akihiro ^a   Shimazaki, Tomoe ^a   Kaneko, Kazuhiro ^a   Shibata, Minoru ^a   Matsumura, Takuya ^a   Nagai, Maho ^a   Makino, Reiko ^a   Mitamura, Keiji ^a  

^a SHOWA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Colorectal carcinoma; E cadherin; Esophageal carcinoma; Polymorphism; Promoter; Transcription

Indexed keywords

DNA; LUCIFERASE; UVOMORULIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALLELE; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; ESOPHAGUS CARCINOMA; EXON; FEMALE; FLUORESCENCE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SINGLE STRAND CONFORMATION POLYMORPHISM; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

ALLELES; BASE SEQUENCE; CADHERINS; DNA; DNA PRIMERS; EXONS; GENE FREQUENCY; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 0037157225     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-5107(02)00024-6     Document Type: Article

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