Intrinsic structural variation of the complex microsatellite marker MYCL1 in Finnish and Somali populations and its relevance to gastrointestinal tumors

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Hanna Vauhkonen¹  Antti Sajantila¹ 

[1] ,University of Helsinki Department of Forensic Medicine Helsinki,Finland

关键词: colorectal cancers;    complex microsatellite;    gastrointestinal tumors;    microsatellite instability;    Finnish and Somali populations;   

DOI  :  10.1590/S1415-47572006000400005

来源: SciELO

【 摘 要 】

The structurally complex MYCL1 microsatellite marker is often used to determine microsatellite instability in colorectal cancers but the allelic variation of this marker has remained largely uncharacterized in both populations and in cancers. Our study describes the allelic distributions of MYCL1 in Finnish (n = 117) and Somali population samples (n = 61) of non-related individuals and compares this distribution with the instability pattern obtained from 61 gastrointestinal tumors.

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