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The effect of mismatch repair deficiency on tumourigenesis; microsatellite instability affecting genes containing short repeated sequences.
International journal of oncology - 1 Jan 2000
Johannsdottir J T, Jonasson J G, Bergthorsson J T, Amundadottir L T, Magnusson J, Egilsson V, Ingvarsson S
Abstract excerpt
We have investigated microsatellite instability (MSI) in colorectal, gastric, endometrial and ovarian cancer as a result of mismatch repair (MMR) deficiency. We detected frameshift mutations in several genes that carry short repeated sequences and are important in cell fidelity and growth control; hMSH3, hMSH6, BAX, IGFIIR, TGFbetaIIR, E2F4 and BRCA2. Accumulation of mutations was heterogeneous and mainly...
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