Article
Loss or somatic mutations of hMSH2 occur in hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancers with hMSH2 germline mutations.
Japanese journal of cancer research : Gann - 1 Mar 1996
Lu S L, Akiyama Y, Nagasaki H, Nomizu T, Ikeda E, Baba S, Ushio K, Iwama T, Maruyama K, Yuasa Y
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC) is a major cancer susceptibility syndrome known to be caused by the inheritance of mutations in DNA mismatch repair genes, such as hMSH2, hMLH1, hPMS1 and hPMS2. To investigate the role of genetic alterations of hMSH2 in HNPCC tumorigenesis, we an...
Topics
- Alleles
- Base Sequence
- Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis
- DNA Mutational Analysis
- DNA Repair
- DNA, Neoplasm
- DNA-Binding Proteins
- Gene Deletion
- Genetic Testing
- Humans
- Japan
- Molecular Sequence Data
- MutS Homolog 2 Protein
- Mutation