APC mutations in FAP-associated desmoid tumours are non-random but not 'just right'

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 78-82

  Latchford, Andrew ^a   Volikos, Emmanouil ^b   Johnson, Victoria ^a   Rogers, Pauline ^a   Suraweera, Nirosha ^b   Tomlinson, Ian ^b,c   Phillips, Robin ^a   Silver, Andrew ^b  

^a ST MARK S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APC PROTEIN; BETA CATENIN;

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLON POLYPOSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DESMOID TUMOR; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL POLYPOSIS; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GERM LINE; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; MESENCHYME; MITOTIC RECOMBINATION; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RECTUM TUMOR; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SOMATIC MUTATION; UPPER GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI; ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI PROTEIN; BETA CATENIN; CODON; FEMALE; FIBROMATOSIS, AGGRESSIVE; GENES, APC; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; LOSS OF HETEROZYGOSITY; MALE; MUTATION;

EID: 33846509424     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddl442     Document Type: Article

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