Activity (transcription) of the genes for MLH1, MSH2 and p53 in sporadic colorectal tumours with micro-satellite instability

British Journal of Cancer

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 2006-2012

  Too, S I H ^a   Drye, E R ^a   Boulos, P B ^a   Hollingsworth, S J ^a  

^a ROYAL FREE AND UNIVERSITY COLLEGE MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Micro satellite instability; Mismatch repair gene transcription; MLH1; MSH2; p53

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; PROTEIN MLH1; PROTEIN MSH2; PROTEIN P53; CARRIER PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MICROSATELLITE DNA; MLH1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MSH2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; ONCOPROTEIN; TUMOR PROTEIN;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER INHIBITION; CARCINOGENESIS; COLORECTAL TUMOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DENSITOMETRY; FEMALE; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MISMATCH REPAIR; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; CASE CONTROL STUDY; DNA REPAIR; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION; GENETICS; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TRANSACTIVATION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CARRIER PROTEINS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FEMALE; GENES, P53; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTS HOMOLOG 2 PROTEIN; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTO-ONCOGENE PROTEINS; TRANS-ACTIVATION (GENETICS);

EID: 2942628118     PISSN: 00070920     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601823     Document Type: Article

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