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Dominant effects of an Msh6 missense mutation on DNA repair and cancer susceptibility.
Cancer cell - 1 Aug 2004
Yang Guohze, Scherer Stefan J, Shell Scarlet S, Yang Kan, Kim Mimi, Lipkin Martin, Kucherlapati Raju, Kolodner Richard D, Edelmann Winfried
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Mutations in DNA mismatch repair (MMR) genes cause hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC), and MMR defects are associated with a significant proportion of sporadic cancers. MMR maintains genome stability and suppresses tumor formation by preventing the accumulation of mutations and by...
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