Homozygosity at variant MLH1 can lead to secondary mutation in NF1, neurofibromatosis type I and early onset leukemia

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 637, Issue 1-2, 2008, Pages 209-214

  Alotaibi, Hani ^a   Ricciardone, Marie D ^a   Ozturk, Mehmet ^a  

^a BILKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Cooperative effect; Downstream mutation; MLH1; Neurofibromatosis type 1; NF1

Indexed keywords

GENOMIC DNA;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CARCINOMA; EXON; FEMALE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; HOMOZYGOSITY; HUMAN; LEUKEMIA; MALE; MISMATCH REPAIR; MLH1 GENE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS; NF1 GENE; ONSET AGE; PEDIGREE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; CONSANGUINITY; GENES, NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; HOMOZYGOTE; HUMANS; INFANT; LEUKEMIA, MYELOGENOUS, CHRONIC, BCR-ABL POSITIVE; MALE; NEUROFIBROMATOSIS 1; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PEDIGREE;

EID: 37149004897     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2007.08.003     Document Type: Article

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