The three nucleotide deletion within the 3′untranslated region of MLH1 resulting in gene expression reduction is not a causal alteration in Lynch syndrome

Familial Cancer

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 339-340

  Tinat, J ^a   Baert Desurmont, S ^a   Latouche, J B ^a   Vasseur, S ^a   Martin, C ^a   Bouvignies, E ^a   Frebourg T ^a  

^a ROUEN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

3' UNTRANSLATED REGION; CANCER RISK; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FAMILIAL CANCER; GENE; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE DELETION; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MLH1 GENE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

3' UNTRANSLATED REGIONS; ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; ADULT; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 55949102010     PISSN: 13899600     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10689-008-9196-6     Document Type: Letter

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