Article
Mutational analysis of the transforming growth factor beta receptor type II gene in hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer and early-onset colorectal cancer patients.
Clinical cancer research : an official journal of the American Association for Cancer Research - 1 Feb 2000
Shin K H, Park Y J, Park J G
Abstract excerpt
Somatic mutations in the transforming growth factor beta receptor type II (TGF-beta RII) gene have been observed in various human cancers showing microsatellite instability. Most of the mutations observed were additions or deletions of the mononucleotide repeat sequence present in TGF-beta RII coding region, suggesting that the TGF-beta RII may be a target gene of genomic instability in tumorigenesis. Recently,...
Topics
- Adult
- Age of Onset
- Codon
- Colorectal Neoplasms
- Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- DNA, Neoplasm
- Humans
- Korea
- Middle Aged
