The role of hMLH3 in familial colorectal cancer

Cancer Research

Volumn 63, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1894-1899

  Liu, Hong Xu ^a,b   Zhou, Xiao Lei ^b   Liu, Tao ^b   Werelius, Barbro ^b   Lindmark, Gudrun ^d   Dahl, Niklas ^c   Lindblom, Annika ^b,e  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^c UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d Helsingsborgs Hospital   (Sweden)

^e Department of Molecular Medicine   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FAMILIAL CANCER; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC RISK; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; GERM LINE; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MISMATCH REPAIR; MISSENSE MUTATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEGREGATION ANALYSIS;

CARRIER PROTEINS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; EXONS; FEMALE; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MUTATION; MUTATION, MISSENSE; PEDIGREE;

EID: 0037447157     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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