Article
The MRE11/RAD50/NBS1 complex destabilization in Lynch-syndrome patients.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Sept 2007
Alemayehu Aster, Fridrichova Ivana
Abstract excerpt
Lynch syndrome is an inherited disease leading to the development predominantly of colorectal cancer (CRC). The crucial cause is malfunction of DNA mismatch repair that is characterized by high level of microsatellite instability; however, new knowledge of two MSI modes (types A and B) suggests a more complex molecular basis of this syndrome. To investigate, whether the extensive alterations in individual MSI...
Topics
- Acid Anhydride Hydrolases
- Adult
- Cell Cycle Proteins
- Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis
- DNA Breaks, Double-Stranded
- DNA Mismatch Repair
- DNA Repair Enzymes
- DNA, Neoplasm
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Humans
- MRE11 Homologue Protein
