A new germline stop codon mutation in exon 15 of the APC gene predisposing to familial adenomatous polyposis

International Journal of Biological Markers

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages

  Schirosi, Laura ^a   Pellegrino, Marcello ^b   Tarantino, Paolo ^a   Mauro, Salvatore ^a   Tinelli, Andrea ^b   Greco, Marilena ^a  

^a Department of Mental Health   (Italy)

^b VITO FAZZI HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

APC; Cancer; FAP; Germline mutation; Somatic mutation

Indexed keywords

APC PROTEIN;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI GENE; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; COLORECTAL CANCER; FAMILIAL COLON POLYPOSIS; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOTYPE; HISTOLOGY; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; PEDIGREE ANALYSIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STOP CODON;

ADENOMATOUS POLYPOSIS COLI; ADULT; AGED; CODON, TERMINATOR; EXONS; FEMALE; GENES, APC; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; GENOTYPE; GERM-LINE MUTATION; HUMANS; MALE; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 84890672792     PISSN: 03936155     EISSN: 17246008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5301/jbm.5000042     Document Type: Article

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