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Mutator phenotypes conferred by MLH1 overexpression and by heterozygosity for mlh1 mutations.
Molecular and cellular biology - 1 Apr 1999
Shcherbakova P V, Kunkel T A
Abstract excerpt
Loss of DNA mismatch repair due to mutation or diminished expression of the MLH1 gene is associated with genome instability and cancer. In this study, we used a yeast model system to examine three circumstances relevant to modulation of MLH1 function. First, overexpression of wild-type MLH1 was found to cause a strong elevation of mutation rates at three different loci, similar to the mutator effect of MLH1 gene...
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