Abstract
We report four DNA variants in the gene coding for the cell adhesion molecule E-cadherin. The polymorphisms affect codons 115, 133, 582 and the 3′-noncoding region.
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Becker, KF., Reich, U., Schott, C. et al. Single nucleotide polymorphisms in the human E-cadherin gene. Hum Genet 96, 739–740 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00210311
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00210311