Evolution and population genetics of the H-ras minisatellite and cancer predisposition

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 891-900

  Langdon, Jacqueline A ^a   Armour, John A L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA MINISATELLITE;

ADULT; AFRICA; ALLELE; ARTICLE; CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; EUROPE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GERM LINE; HAPLOTYPE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOGENE H RAS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REPRODUCIBILITY; RISK FACTOR;

ALLELES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENE FREQUENCY; GENES, RAS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MINISATELLITE REPEATS; NEOPLASMS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0037447519     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddg105     Document Type: Article

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