DNA repair and colorectal cancer.

doi:10.1016/s0889-8553(05)70273-9

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DNA repair and colorectal cancer.

Gastroenterology clinics of North America - 1 Dec 1996

Marra G, Boland C R

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The mismatch repair system plays a major role in the processing of recombination intermediates and in the repair of errors made during DNA replication or resulting from chemical damage to DNA. Human homologues of the bacterial and yeast mismatch repair genes have been recently identified, and mut...

Topics

Animals
Colorectal Neoplasms
DNA Repair
Humans
Microsatellite Repeats
Mutation
Neoplasm Proteins

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