A whole MEN1 gene deletion flanked by alu repeats in a family with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1

Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology

Volumn 36, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 739-744

  Fukuuchi, Atsushi ^a   Nagamura, Yuko ^b   Yaguchi, Hiroko ^b   Ohkura, Naganari ^b   Obara, Takao ^c   Tsukada, Toshihiko ^b  

^a MITSUI MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL CANCER CENTER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^c TOKYO WOMEN'S MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Alu repeat; Deletion; MEN1; Multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALU SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; GENE DELETION; GENE DOSAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETICS; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA; MUTATION; PEDIGREE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ALU ELEMENTS; GENE DELETION; GENE DOSAGE; GENES, TUMOR SUPPRESSOR; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIPLE ENDOCRINE NEOPLASIA TYPE 1; PEDIGREE; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC;

EID: 39049177152     PISSN: 03682811     EISSN: 14653621     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jjco/hyl089     Document Type: Article

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