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Hereditary nonpolyposis colorectal cancer (HN-PCC) is one of man's commonest hereditary diseases. Several studies have identified four responsible genes that are involved in a process known as DNA mismatch repair; hMSH2 is the most important of these four genes. In addition to mutational analysis of these genes, investigations of transcriptional regulatory mechanisms are important. Therefore, our purpose has been to isolate the hMSH2 promoter region. Using direct sequencing of P1 recombinant DNA we have characterized 1100 bp of the hMSH2 promoter.
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This paper is dedicated to Prof. K. D. Zang on the occasion of his 60th birthday
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Scherer, S.J., Seib, T., Seitz, G. et al. Isolation and characterization of the human mismatch repair gene hMSH2 promoter region. Hum Genet 97, 114–116 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00218844
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