Analysis of bacteria from intestinal tract of FAP patients for the presence of APC-like sequences

Medical Science Monitor

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2012, Pages

  Holec, Vladimir ^a,b   Ciernikova, Sona ^c   Wachsmannova, Lenka ^c   Adamcikova, Zuzana ^c   Hainova, Katarina ^c   Mego, Michal ^a   Stevurkova, Viola ^c   Danihel, Ludovit ^a   Liskova, Anna ^d   Zajac, Vladimir ^a,c  

^a Faculty of Natural Sciences   (Slovakia)

^b University Children's Hospital   (Slovakia)

^c CANCER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Slovakia)

^d St Elizabeth University College of Health and Social Sciences   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

APC like sequences; Bacteria; Colorectal cancer; Familial adenomatous polyposis; Mutation cluster region

Indexed keywords

APC PROTEIN; GENOMIC DNA;

ADENOMATOUS POLYP; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM EXAMINATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ISOLATION; EXON; FAMILIAL ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS; FAMILIAL DISEASE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LOCATION; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTESTINE; MUTATION CLUSTER REGION; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; WESTERN BLOTTING;

EID: 84866059205     PISSN: 12341010     EISSN: 16433750     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.12659/MSM.883268     Document Type: Article

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