Mutation of the hMSH2 gene in two families with hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer.

doi:10.1002/(SICI)1098-1004(1996)7:4<327::AID-HUMU6>3.0.CO;2-5

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Mutation of the hMSH2 gene in two families with hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer.

Human mutation - 1 Jan 1996

Jeon H M, Lynch P M, Howard L, Ajani J, Levin B, Frazier M L

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We examined 18 unrelated individuals who have colorectal cancer or cancers associated with the HNPCC syndrome and have a family history of cancer for mutations in exon 13 of the hMSH2 gene. Two of the 18 individuals had the same previously unreported single-base deletion in codon 705 of hMSH2, re...

Topics

Adult
Codon
Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis
DNA
DNA-Binding Proteins
Female
Humans
Male
Middle Aged
MutS Homolog 2 Protein
Mutation
Nucleic Acid Heteroduplexes
Pedigree
Proto-Oncogene Proteins

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