Somatic β-catenin mutation in gastric carcinoma - An infrequent event that is not specific for microsatellite instability

Cancer Letters

Volumn 163, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 125-130

  Tong, J H M ^a   To, K F ^a   Ng, E K W ^a   Lau, J Y W ^a   Lee, T L ^a   Lo, K W ^a   Leung, W K ^a   Tang, N L S ^a   Chan, F K L ^a   Sung, J J Y ^a   Chung, S C S ^a  

^a CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Catenin; Gastric carcinoma; Microsatellite instability

Indexed keywords

ALPHA CATENIN; BETA CATENIN; GLYCOGEN SYNTHASE KINASE 3BETA;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; EXON; FEMALE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MISSENSE MUTATION; NONSENSE MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; SEX RATIO; STOMACH CARCINOMA;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; BASE SEQUENCE; BETA CATENIN; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HUMANS; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTATION; POINT MUTATION; STOMACH NEOPLASMS; TRANS-ACTIVATORS;

EID: 17644438010     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(00)00681-9     Document Type: Article

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