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Mechanisms underlying mismatch repair deficiencies in normal cells.
Genes, chromosomes & cancer - 1 Nov 1997
Moliaka Y K, Cella M, Chudina A P, Kolesnikova T N, Terracciano L, Cathomas G, Bochkov N P, Buerstedde J M
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer (HNPCC) is an autosomal dominantly inherited cancer predisposition which is linked to heterozygous mutations in mismatch repair genes. HNPCC tumour cells, in which the remaining wild-type copy of the mismatch repair gene is inactivated, display instability of microsatellite markers reflecting a defect in mismatch repair. Recently, patients carrying either one of two distinct...
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