Microsatellite instability in the development of DNA mismatch repair deficient tumors

Cancer Biomarkers

Volumn 2, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 69-86

  Woerner, Stefan M ^a   Kloor, Matthias ^a   Von Knebel Doeberitz, Magnus ^a   Gebert, Johannes F ^a  

^a Institute of Pathology   (Germany)

Author keywords

coding microsatellites; DNA mismatch repair; EMAST; HNPCC; Microsatellite instability; MSI target genes; MSI tumorigenesis

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

COLORECTAL TUMOR; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MISMATCH REPAIR; REVIEW;

COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; DNA MISMATCH REPAIR; HUMANS; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS;

EID: 35348962134     PISSN: 15740153     EISSN: 18758592     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3233/CBM-2006-21-208     Document Type: Review

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