Article
Genotype-phenotype correlation between position of constitutional APC gene mutation and CHRPE expression in familial adenomatous polyposis.
Human genetics - 1 Nov 1994
Wallis Y L, Macdonald F, Hultén M, Morton J E, McKeown C M, Neoptolemos J P, Keighley M, Morton D G
Abstract excerpt
Mutations in the adenomatous polyposis coli (APC) gene are responsible for the disease familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP), a dominantly inherited predisposition to colorectal cancer. The most common extra-colonic manifestation is congenital hypertrophy of the retinal pigment epithelium (CHRPE),...
Topics
- Adenomatous Polyposis Coli
- Codon, Terminator
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
- Exons
- Genes, APC
- Genotype
- Humans
- Hypertrophy
- Mutation
- Phenotype
- Pigment Epithelium of Eye
