Article
Neurofibromatosis and early onset of cancers in hMLH1-deficient children.
Cancer research - 15 Jan 1999
Wang Q, Lasset C, Desseigne F, Frappaz D, Bergeron C, Navarro C, Ruano E, Puisieux A
Abstract excerpt
Hereditary nonpolyposis colon cancer is a common hereditary disorder caused by the germ-line mutations of DNA mismatch repair (MMR) genes, especially hMLH1 and hMSH2. We report here the first identification of human compounds with a homozygous inactivation of a MMR gene. In a typical hereditary n...
Topics
- Adaptor Proteins, Signal Transducing
- Carrier Proteins
- Colorectal Neoplasms, Hereditary Nonpolyposis
- DNA
- DNA Repair
- Female
- Genes, Neurofibromatosis 1
- Genetic Predisposition to Disease
- Germ-Line Mutation
- Humans
- Male
- MutL Protein Homolog 1
- Neoplasm Proteins
- Neurofibromatosis 1
- Nuclear Proteins
