A truncated hMSH2 transcript occurs as a common variant in the population: implications for genetic diagnosis.

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Germline mutations of the hMSH2 gene are responsible for many cases of hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer. While screening for hMSH2 gene mutations in hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer kindreds, we observed that a previously reported germline mutation is in fact a common, alternatively spliced variant in the population. Using RT-PCR and the protein truncation test, the hMSH2 exon 13 deletion...

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