Mutations of the BRAF gene in ulcerative colitis-related colorectal carcinoma

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 115, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 673-677

  Aust, Daniela E ^a,d   Haase, Michael ^a   Dobryden, Lyudmyla ^a   Markwarth, Annett ^b   Löhrs, Udo ^c   Wittekind, Christian ^b   Baretton, Gustavo B ^a   Tannapfel, Andrea ^b  

^a DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEIPZIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL CARL GUSTAV CARUS   (Germany)

Author keywords

BRAF; Colorectal cancer; Histopathology; KRAS; Ulcerative colitis

Indexed keywords

B RAF KINASE; MICROSATELLITE DNA; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; MITOGEN ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE KINASE; PROTEIN MLH1; PROTEIN MSH2; PROTEIN MSH6;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BRAF GENE; CANCER GENETICS; CELL GROWTH; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLON CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE ACTIVATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; IMMUNOHISTOCHEMISTRY; MALE; MEDIATOR; MICRODISSECTION; MISMATCH REPAIR; MISSENSE MUTATION; ONCOGENE K RAS; ONCOGENE RAS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; ULCERATIVE COLITIS;

EID: 20144364097     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ijc.20925     Document Type: Article

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