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E2F-4 mutation in hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer.
Journal of experimental & clinical cancer research : CR - 1 Jun 2002
Moriyama H, Sasamoto H, Kambara T, Matsubara N, Ikeda M, Baba S, Meltzer S J, Lynch H T, Shimizu K, Tanaka N
Abstract excerpt
Defects in the DNA mismatch repair function are known to cause microsatellite instability (MSI) in hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) as well as in a subset of sporadic colorectal cancer (CRC). We previously reported that the E2F-4 gene, which encodes an important transcription factor in cell cycle control, had frequent tumor-specific mutations at a coding region of trinucleotide microsatellite...
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