Use of twins in search for tumor suppressor genes

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 231-239

  Försti, Asta ^a   Söderberg, Magnus ^b   Hemminki, Kari ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b KAROLINSKA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cancer genetics; Heredity; Loss of heterozygosity; Microsatellites; Mutations; Twin

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GENETICS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; GENE MAPPING; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; MUTATION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; TWINS;

EID: 1842295697     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1098-2280(1997)30:2<231::AID-EM16>3.0.CO;2-E     Document Type: Article

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