Lack of STK11 gene expression in homozygous twins with Peutz-Jeghers syndrome

Annals of Clinical and Laboratory Science

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 154-158

  Tseng, Chih Jen ^a   Chen, Shi Feng ^b   Liou, Shu I ^b   Lu, Shu Chuan ^a   Chen, Jie Ming ^b   Sun, Chien Feng ^a   Chang, Shuenn Dye ^a   Cheng, Po Jen ^a   Liou, Jui Der ^a   Chu, Da Chang ^a,b  

^a CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHANG GUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Cervical cancer; Ovarian neoplasm; Peutz Jeghers syndrome; STK11 gene expression

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; DIAGNOSTIC APPROACH ROUTE; DISEASE COURSE; FEMALE; GENE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; HYSTERECTOMY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; PATHOGENESIS; PEUTZ JEGHERS SYNDROME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; SHORT TANDEM REPEAT; SIBLING; STK11 GENE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; UTERINE CERVIX CANCER;

ADULT; DISEASES IN TWINS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKERS; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; PEUTZ-JEGHERS SYNDROME; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 2542462339     PISSN: 00917370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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