ARLTS1 variants and risk of colorectal cancer
✍ Scribed by Bernd Frank; Kari Hemminki; Hermann Brenner; Michael Hoffmeister; Jenny Chang-Claude; Barbara Burwinkel
- Book ID
- 116334092
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 2006
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 83 KB
- Volume
- 244
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0304-3835
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## Abstract Recently, __ARLTS1__ (ADP‐ribosylation factor‐like tumor suppressor gene 1) has been identified as a tumor suppressor gene, playing a major role in apoptotic signaling. The ARLTS1 Trp149Stop mutation has been shown to predispose to general familial cancer and high‐risk familial breast c