Genomics of Lynch syndrome and Constitutional mismatch repair deficiency syndrome
Introduction: The mismatch repair system plays an important role in maintaining the genome integrity as it functions to correct mismatches during DNA replication. Heterozygous mutations in one of the mismatch repair (MMR) genes e.g. MLH1, MSH2, MSH6 and PMS2 cause the dominant adult cancer syndrome...
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Format: | Doctoral Thesis |
Language: | English |
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University of Cape Town
2018
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Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/27840 |