Article
Genetic instability, p53 and nm23 mutation and clinicopathological features in rectal carcinoma.
Anticancer research - 1 Jan 2000
Indinnimeo M, Cicchini C, Stazi A, Mingazzini P, Caligo M A, Ghimenti C, Bevilacqua G
Abstract excerpt
Defective DNA mismatch repair proteins fail to correct replication errors (RERs). These defects may lead to secondary, mutation of oncogenes and tumor suppressor genes. Microsatellite instability might be a marker of such replication errors. Eighteen rectal tumors were examined to evaluate geneti...
Topics
- Adult
- Aged
- Aged, 80 and over
- Female
- Genes, p53
- Humans
- Male
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Middle Aged
- Monomeric GTP-Binding Proteins
- Mutation
- NM23 Nucleoside Diphosphate Kinases
- Nucleoside-Diphosphate Kinase
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Rectal Neoplasms
- Transcription Factors
