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Multiple intestinal neoplasia caused by a mutation in the murine homolog of the APC gene.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 1 May 1992
Su L K, Kinzler K W, Vogelstein B, Preisinger A C, Moser A R, Luongo C, Gould K A, Dove W F
Abstract excerpt
Germ-line mutations of the APC gene are responsible for familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), an autosomal dominantly inherited disease in humans. Patients with FAP develop multiple benign colorectal tumors. Recently, a mouse lineage that exhibits an autosomal dominantly inherited predisposition to multiple intestinal neoplasia (Min) was described. Linkage analysis showed that the murine homolog of the APC gene...
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