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Tumour susceptibility and spontaneous mutation in mice deficient in Mlh1, Pms1 and Pms2 DNA mismatch repair.
Nature genetics - 1 Mar 1998
Prolla T A, Baker S M, Harris A C, Tsao J L, Yao X, Bronner C E, Zheng B, Gordon M, Reneker J, Arnheim N, Shibata D, Bradley A, Liskay R M
Abstract excerpt
Germline mutations in the human MSH2, MLH1, PMS2 and PMS1 DNA mismatch repair (MMR) gene homologues appear to be responsible for most cases of hereditary non-polyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC; refs 1-5). An important role for DNA replication errors in colorectal tumorigenesis has been suggested...
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