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[Review of the molecular genetics of the Lynch syndrome].
Ceskoslovenska fysiologie - 1 Mar 1998
Dolezal T, Panczak A, Krepelová A
Abstract excerpt
The molecular genetics of the hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC, Lynch syndrome) is reviewed. Recently, four genes (hMSH2, hMLH1, hPMS1, hPMS2) whose mutations are related to HNPCC were discovered. The products of these genes are homologues of the bacterial mismatch repair (MMR) system proteins MutS and MutL. Dysfunction of MMR system both in bacterial and human cells leads to the microsatellite...
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