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Aberrant protein expression and frequent allelic loss of MSH3 in colorectal cancer with low-level microsatellite instability.
International journal of colorectal disease - 1 Jul 2012
Plaschke Jens, Preußler Mark, Ziegler Andreas, Schackert Hans K
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: High level of microsatellite instability (MSI-H) in colorectal cancer (CRC) is caused by the inactivation of mismatch repair (MMR) genes; however, it is unknown for tumors with low level MSI (MSI-L). The protein complex involving MSH3 preferentially recognizes insertion/deletion loops (IDLs) of two to eight bases and di- and tetranucleotide repeats are affected in the majority of MSI-L CRC. METHODS: We...
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