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MUC1 gene polymorphism does not explain the different incidence of gastric cancer in Portugal and Denmark.
Annals of human genetics - 1 May 1999
Carvalho F, Peixoto A, Steffensen R, Amorim A, David L, Sobrinho-Simões M
Abstract excerpt
MUC1 is a highly polymorphic mucin type glycoprotein expressed on the surface of many epithelia, including gastric mucosa, and is present in several body fluids and mucous secretions. A genetic polymorphism due to variation in length of a 60 bp tandemly repeated sequence domain constitutes more than half of the coding region of the glycoprotein. We demonstrated previously in a Portuguese population sample that...
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