Sequence changes in predicted promoter elements of STK11/LKB1 are unlikely to contribute to Peutz-Jeghers syndrome

BMC Genomics

Volumn 6, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Hearle, Nicholas C M ^a   Tomlinson, Ian ^b   Lim, Wendy ^a   Murday, Victoria ^c   Swarbrick, Edwin ^d   Lim, Guan ^e   Phillips, Robin ^f   Lee, Peter ^g   O'Donohue, John ^h   Trembath, Richard C ⁱ   Morrison, Patrick J ^j   Norman, Andrew ^k   Taylor, Rohan ^l   Hodgson, Shirley ^m   Lucassen, Anneke ⁿ   Houlston, Richard S ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL HOSPITAL FOR SICK CHILDREN   (United Kingdom)

^d NEW CROSS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e EPSOM GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^f ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g HULL ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ LEICESTER ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^j BELFAST CITY HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^k BIRMINGHAM WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^l ST GEORGE'S UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^m ST GEORGE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ PRINCESS ANNE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FOOTPRINTING; DNA SEQUENCE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PEUTZ JEGHERS SYNDROME; PHYLOGENY; PREDICTION; PROMOTER REGION;

EID: 25444437770     PISSN: 14712164     EISSN: 14712164     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2164-6-38     Document Type: Article

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