Germline mutations of AXIN2 are not associated with nonsyndromic colorectal cancer

Human Mutation

Volumn 25, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 498-500

  Peterlongo, Paolo ^a   Howe, Louise R ^b   Radice, Paolo ^c,d   Sala, Paola ^c   Hong, Young Joon ^e   Hong, Seok Il ^e   Mitra, Nandita ^a   Offit, Kenneth ^a   Ellis, Nathan A ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CANCER INSTITUTE   (Italy)

^d FIRC INSTITUTE OF MOLECULAR ONCOLOGY   (Italy)

^e Korea Cancer Center Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AXIN; DNA;

COLORECTAL CANCER; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; INTRON; LETTER; MISSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 18744406722     PISSN: 10597794     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/humu.20189     Document Type: Letter

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