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A single nucleotide polymorphism in the matrix metalloproteinase-2 promoter is associated with colorectal cancer.
Biochemical and biophysical research communications - 19 Nov 2004
Xu Enping, Lai Maode, Lv Bingjian, Xing Xiaoming, Huang Qiong, Xia Xiaoping
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Matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) is an enzyme with proteolytic activity against matrix proteins, particularly basement membrane constituents. A single nucleotide polymorphism C-->T transition at -1306, which disrupts an Sp1-type promoter site (CCACC box), displayed a strikingly lower promoter activity with T allele. Our study investigated whether the MMP-2 -1306 C-->T polymorphism contributed to the development...
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