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Mutation screening of mismatch repair gene Mlh3 in familial esophageal cancer.
World journal of gastroenterology - 7 Sept 2006
Liu Hong-Xu, Li Yu, Jiang Xue-Dong, Yin Hong-Nian, Zhang Lin, Wang Yu, Yang Jun
Abstract excerpt
AIM: To shed light on the possible role of mismatch repair gene Mlh3 in familial esophageal cancer (FEC). METHODS: A total of 66 members from 10 families suggestive of a genetic predisposition to hereditary esophageal cancer were screened for germline mutations in Mlh3 with denaturing high performance liquid chromatography (DHPLC), a newly developed method of comparative sequencing based on heteroduplex...
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