Genetic testing for hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC)

Current Protocols in Human Genetics

Volumn , Issue SUPPL. 61, 2009, Pages

  Hegde, Madhuri R ^a   Roa, Benjamin B ^b  

^a EMORY UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Myriad Genetic Laboratories   (United States)

Author keywords

DHPLC; IHC; Microsatellite instability; MLH1; MMR genes; MSH2; MSH6; MSI; Mutation detection; Mutation scanning; Sequencing

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN MLH1; PROTEIN MSH2; PROTEIN MSH6;

CANCER RISK; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; COLORECTAL CANCER; DENATURING HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FAMILIAL CANCER; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC SCREENING; HUMAN; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MISMATCH REPAIR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; DNA MISMATCH REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENETIC SCREENING; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; MUTS HOMOLOG 2 PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS;

EID: 65249148401     PISSN: 19348266     EISSN: 19348258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/0471142905.hg1012s61     Document Type: Review

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