Article
Human MLH1 deficiency predisposes to hematological malignancy and neurofibromatosis type 1.
Cancer research - 15 Jan 1999
Ricciardone M D, Ozçelik T, Cevher B, Ozdağ H, Tuncer M, Gürgey A, Uzunalimoğlu O, Cetinkaya H, Tanyeli A, Erken E, Oztürk M
Abstract excerpt
Heterozygous germ-line mutations in the DNA mismatch repair genes lead to hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer. The disease susceptibility of individuals who constitutionally lack both wild-type alleles is unknown. We have identified three offspring in a hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal ca...
Topics
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
- Carrier Proteins
- DNA
- DNA Repair
- Female
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Germ-Line Mutation
- Hematologic Neoplasms
- Humans
- Male
- MutL Protein Homolog 1
- Neoplasm Proteins
- Neurofibromatosis 1
- Nuclear Proteins
