Microsatellite instability: an update

Archives of Toxicology

Volumn 89, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 899-921

  Yamamoto, Hiroyuki ^a   Imai, Kohzoh ^b  

^a ST MARIANNA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA mismatch repair; Frameshift mutation; microRNA; microRNA processing; Microsatellite instability

Indexed keywords

MICRORNA; MLH1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MSH2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; PROTEIN MSH2; SIGNAL TRANSDUCING ADAPTOR PROTEIN;

DNA METHYLATION; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENETIC EPIGENESIS; GENETICS; HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS COLORECTAL CANCER; HUMAN; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MISMATCH REPAIR;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS, HEREDITARY NONPOLYPOSIS; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MISMATCH REPAIR; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; HUMANS; MICRORNAS; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MUTS HOMOLOG 2 PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEINS;

EID: 84940004205     PISSN: 03405761     EISSN: 14320738     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00204-015-1474-0     Document Type: Review

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