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[Mutation of the mismatch repair genes for carcinogenesis of sporadic colorectal cancers with RER-positive phenotype].
Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine - 1 Apr 1996
Sasaki S, Nakamura Y
Abstract excerpt
Genetic instability, monitored by (a) replication error, is a feature of many hereditary and sporadic colorectal cancers. When such tumors are familial, the genetic instability is thought to be triggered by inherited mutations in DNA-mismatch repair genes but the mechanism by which sporadic tumors exhibit RER+ phenotypes is not as well understood. We examined RER in 129 sporadic colorectal tumors. In eight of...
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