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A dominant negative mutation of transforming growth factor-beta receptor type II gene in microsatellite stable oesophageal carcinoma.
British journal of cancer - 1 May 2000
Tanaka S, Mori M, Mafune K, Ohno S, Sugimachi K
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Recent investigations revealed microsatellite instability in colon cancers are associated with mutations of the transforming growth factor-beta receptor type II gene (TGF-beta RII) that encodes a transmembrane protein containing an intracellular serine/threonine kinase domain. Activation of TGF-beta receptor type I (RI) and RII by TGF-beta induces nuclear translocation of Smad proteins including Smad2 and Smad4...
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