Characterization of MSH2 and MLH1 mutati
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Alessandra Viel; Maurizio Genuardi; Eugenia Capozzi; Francesca Leonardi; Alfonso
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Article
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1997
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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Mismatch repair genes MSH2 and MLH1 are considered to be the two major genes that are responsible for hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HNPCC). Germline heterozygous inactivating mutations of MSH2 and MLH1 have been identified previously in a substantial fraction of individuals who are pred