MLH1 function is context dependent in colorectal cancers

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 141-145

  Jackson, Thomas ^a   Ahmed, Mohamed A H ^a   Seth, Rashmi ^a   Jackson, Darryl ^a   Ilyas, Mohammad ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NOTTINGHAM UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS TRUST   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MUTANT PROTEIN; PROTEIN MLH1; STAUROSPORINE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER CELL CULTURE; CELL CLONING; CELL COUNT; CELL STRAIN HCT116; CELL STRESS; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE SILENCING; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MISMATCH REPAIR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; APOPTOSIS; CELL PROLIFERATION; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; DNA MISMATCH REPAIR; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GENES, TUMOR SUPPRESSOR; HUMANS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; ONCOGENES; STAUROSPORINE; STRESS, PHYSIOLOGICAL; TUMOR CELLS, CULTURED;

EID: 79151484823     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: 14724146     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2010.079871     Document Type: Article

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