Little evidence for involvement of MLH3 in colorectal cancer predisposition

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 106, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 292-296

  Hienonen, Tuija ^a   Laiho, Päivi ^a   Salovaara, Reijo ^a,b   Mecklin, Jukka Pekka ^c   Järvinen, Heikki ^d   Sistonen, Pertti ^e   Peltomäki, Päivi ^a   Lehtonen, Rainer ^a   Nupponen, Nina N ^a   Launonen, Virpi ^a   Karhu, Auli ^a   Aaltonen, Lauri A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c JYVÄSKYLÄ CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^d HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^e FINNISH RED CROSS BLOOD SERVICE   (Finland)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer; Familial; Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer; MLH3; Predisposition

Indexed keywords

DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; FINLAND; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GERM LINE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MISMATCH REPAIR; MISSENSE MUTATION; MLH1 GENE; MLH3 GENE; MOLECULAR CLONING; MSH2 GENE; MSH6 GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOGENE; PATHOGENESIS; PMS2 GENE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARRIER PROTEINS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA PRIMERS; DNA REPAIR; DNA, NEOPLASM; FINLAND; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMANS; MUTATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0038493613     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.11218     Document Type: Article

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