A β-catenin mutation in a sporadic colorectal tumor of the RER phenotype and absence of β-catenin germline mutations in FAP patients

Genes Chromosomes and Cancer

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 37-41

  Müller, Oliver ^a   Nimmrich, Inko ^a   Finke, Ulrich ^b   Friedl, Waltraut ^c   Hoffmann, Ingrid ^a  

^a MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR PHYSIOLOGY   (Germany)

^b Sankt Katharinen Krankenhaus   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA CATENIN;

ARTICLE; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLON POLYPOSIS; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA REPLICATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BETA CATENIN; CADHERINS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; FEMALE; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; MALE; PEDIGREE; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 0344653592     PISSN: 10452257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2264(199805)22:1<37::AID-GCC5>3.0.CO;2-8     Document Type: Article

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