Microsatellite instability and methylation of the DNA mismatch repair genes in head and neck cancer

Annals of Oncology

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 995-999

  Demokan, S ^a   Suoglu, Y ^b   Demir, D ^b   Gozeler, M ^b   Dalay, N ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Head and neck cancer; hMLH1; hMSH2; Methylation; Microsatellite instability

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN MLH1; PROTEIN MSH2; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MODIFICATION; FEMALE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HISTOPATHOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MISMATCH REPAIR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RESTRICTION MAPPING; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

AGED; BASE PAIR MISMATCH; BASE SEQUENCE; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA PRIMERS; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPAIR-DEFICIENCY DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; LARYNGEAL NEOPLASMS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; MUTS HOMOLOG 2 PROTEIN; NEOPLASM STAGING; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 33646872606     PISSN: 09237534     EISSN: 15698041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/annonc/mdl048     Document Type: Article

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