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Functional analysis of MLH1 mutations linked to hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer.
Genes, chromosomes & cancer - 1 Feb 2002
Nyström-Lahti Minna, Perrera Claudia, Räschle Markus, Panyushkina-Seiler Elena, Marra Giancarlo, Curci Anna, Quaresima Barbara, Costanzo Francesco, D'Urso Michele, Venuta Salvatore, Jiricny Josef
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer (HNPCC) is associated with malfunction of postreplicative mismatch repair (MMR). While a majority of HNPCC-associated mutations in the MMR genes MLH1, MSH2, or MSH6 genes cause truncations-and thus loss of function--of the respective polypeptides, little is currently known about the biochemical defects associated with nontruncating mutations. We studied the interactions of six...
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