Fine-mapping of colorectal cancer susceptibility loci at 8q23.3, 16q22.1 and 19q13.11: Refinement of association signals and use of in silico analysis to suggest functional variation and unexpected candidate target genes

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 20, Issue 14, 2011, Pages 2879-2888

  Carvajal Carmona, Luis G ^a   Cazier, Jean Baptiste ^a   Jones, Angela M ^a   Howarth, Kimberley ^a   Broderick, Peter ^c   Pittman, Alan ^c   Dobbins, Sara ^c   Tenesa, Albert ^d   Farrington, Susan ^d   Prendergast, James ^d   Theodoratou, Evi ^d   Barnetson, Rebecca ^d   Conti, David ^e   Newcomb, Polly ^f   Hopper, John L ^g   Jenkins, Mark A ^g   Gallinger, Steven ^h   Duggan, David J ⁱ   Campbell, Harry ^d   Kerr, David ^b   Casey, Graham ^e   Houlston, Richard ^c   Dunlop, Malcolm ^d   Tomlinson, Ian ^a   more..

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^f Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^h CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

ⁱ TRANSLATIONAL GENOMICS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MESSENGER RNA;

ALLELE; ARTICLE; AUTOSOME; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CHROMOSOME 16Q22.1; CHROMOSOME 19Q13.11; CHROMOSOME 8Q23.3; CHROMOSOME VARIANT; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MAPPING; GENE TARGETING; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTITATIVE TRAIT LOCUS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 16; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 19; CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN, PAIR 8; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENES, NEOPLASM; GENOME-WIDE ASSOCIATION STUDY; HUMANS; MALE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE;

EID: 79959789728     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: 14602083     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/ddr190     Document Type: Article

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