Heterozygote deficiency in thymidylate synthase enhancer region polymorphism genotype distribution in Hungarian colorectal cancer patients

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 108, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 852-856

  Adleff, Vilmos ^a   Hitre, Erika ^a   Köves, István ^a   Orosz, Zsolt ^a   Hajnal, Anna ^b   Kralovánszky, Judit ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ONCOLOGY   (Hungary)

^b Natl Institute of Blood Transfusion   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Cancer risk; Colon cancer; Genetic polymorphism; Hungary; Population genetics; Thymidylate synthase

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER MORTALITY; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENHANCER REGION; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; EUROPE; FEMALE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; RISK FACTOR; RNA STABILITY;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; AGED; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DIET; DNA; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; ENHANCER ELEMENTS (GENETICS); FEMALE; FLUOROURACIL; GENOTYPE; HAPLOTYPES; HETEROZYGOTE; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; HUNGARY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RNA, MESSENGER; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE;

EID: 1642539113     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.11641     Document Type: Article

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