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Methylation tolerance in mismatch repair proficient cells with low MSH2 protein level.
Oncogene - 25 Apr 2002
Claij Nanna, Te Riele Hein
Abstract excerpt
Loss of DNA mismatch repair has been found in tumors associated with the familial cancer predisposition syndrome HNPCC (hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer) and a subset of sporadic cancers. MSH2 deficiency abolishes the action of the mismatch repair system, resulting in a phenotype which is characterized by an increased accumulation of base substitutions and frameshifts, enhanced recombination between...
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