Open AccessTelomere erosion is independent of microsatellite instability but related to loss of heterozygosity in gastric cancer
Author(s) -
DianChun Fang,
Shiming Yang,
Xiaodong Zhou,
Dongxu Wang,
Yang Luo
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
world journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.427
H-Index - 155
eISSN - 2219-2840
pISSN - 1007-9327
DOI - 10.3748/wjg.v7.i4.522
Subject(s) - microsatellite instability , loss of heterozygosity , frameshift mutation , biology , locus (genetics) , microsatellite , cancer , telomere , genetics , cancer research , microbiology and biotechnology , gene , phenotype , allele
To correlate the length of the telomere to microsatellite instability (MSI) and loss of heterozygosity (LOH) of APC, MCC and DCC genes in gastric carcinomas.