[Structure and function of DCC (deleted in colorectal cancer) gene and its product].

Article

[Structure and function of DCC (deleted in colorectal cancer) gene and its product].

Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine - 1 Apr 1996

Aoyama N, Minami R, Fujimori T, Maeda S

Abstract excerpt

The DCC gene is one of several genes altered during tumorigenesis. Recent studies demonstrate the existence of 29 exons and it spans 1.4 Mb. DCC gene is a candidate tumor-suppressor gene encoding a protein with a sequence similarity to cell adhesion molecule. Although the mutation of DCC gene was...

Topics

Amino Acid Sequence
Animals
Biomarkers, Tumor
Gastrointestinal Neoplasms
Genes, DCC
Heterozygote
Humans
Liver Neoplasms
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation
RNA, Messenger
RNA, Neoplasm

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