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Mlh1 deficiency enhances several phenotypes of Apc(Min)/+ mice.
Oncogene - 25 May 2000
Shoemaker A R, Haigis K M, Baker S M, Dudley S, Liskay R M, Dove W F
Abstract excerpt
Defects in APC and DNA mismatch repair genes are associated with a strong predisposition to colon cancer in humans, and numerous mouse strains with mutations in these genes have been generated. In this report we describe the phenotype of Min/+ Mlh1-/- mice. We find that these doubly mutant mice develop more than three times the number of intestinal adenomas compared to Min/+ Mlh1+/+ or +/- mice but that these...
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