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Replication error in colorectal carcinoma: association with loss of heterozygosity at mismatch repair loci and clinicopathological variables.
Anticancer research - 1 Jan 2000
Johannsdottir J T, Bergthorsson J T, Gretarsdottir S, Kristjansson A K, Ragnarsson G, Jonasson J G, Egilsson V, Ingvarsson S
Abstract excerpt
Instability of microsatellite DNA or replication error (RER) is characteristic of tumours caused by mismatch repair (MMR) deficiency. Germline mutations in MMR genes are associated with Hereditary non-polyposis colorectal carcinoma (HNPCC) and somatic mutations in these genes are also found in a substantial fraction of colorectal cancers (CRC). In this study we concurrently screened colorectal tumours for the RER...
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