Identification of constitutional MLH1 epimutations and promoter variants in colorectal cancer patients from the colon cancer family registry

Genetics in Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 25-35

  Ward, Robyn L ^a   Dobbins, Timothy ^a,b   Lindor, Noralane M ^c   Rapkins, Robert W ^a   Hitchins, Megan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^c Mayo Clinic College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

colorectal cancer; epimutation; Lynch; methylation; MLH1

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN MLH1;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER REGISTRY; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA METHYLATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HUMAN; INHERITANCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84872063385     PISSN: 10983600     EISSN: 15300366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/gim.2012.91     Document Type: Article

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