A novel exon duplication event leading to a truncating germ-line mutation of the APC gene in a familial adenomatous polyposis family

Familial Cancer

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 205-208

  McCart, Amy ^a   Latchford, Andrew ^a   Volikos, Emmanouil ^a   Rowan, Andrew ^b   Tomlinson, Ian ^a,b   Silver, Andrew ^a  

^a ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

APC gene; Exon duplication; FAP; MLPA

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; MESSENGER RNA;

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ALU SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BIOINFORMATICS; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON POLYPOSIS; EXON; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOMICS; GENOTYPE; GERM LINE; HETEROZYGOSITY; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOP CODON; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI; ADULT; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CYTOSKELETAL PROTEINS; EXONS; GENE DUPLICATION; GENES, APC; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA;

EID: 33744721080     PISSN: 13899600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10689-006-7471-y     Document Type: Article

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