Supported by the Natural Science Fund of Science and Technology Department,Jilin,No.20180101010JC;Jilin Provincial Department of Education,No.JJKH20201049KJ.
BACKGROUND Lynch syndrome(LS)is an autosomal dominant hereditary disorder because of germline mutations in DNA mismatch repair genes,such as MutL homolog 1(MLH1),PMS1 homolog 2,MutS homolog 2,and MutS homolog 6.Gene m...
Department of Science and Technology and the Philippine Council for Health Research and Development(DOST-PCHRD)(to Cabral LKD);St.Luke’s Medical Center,Manila,Philippines;and Regione Autonomo FVG in Progetti Internazionali 2021 to the FIF,No.DGR 189 dd 12/2/21.
BACKGROUND Colorectal cancer(CRC)ranks third in terms of incidence and second in mortality worldwide.In CRC,the silencing of mismatch repair genes,including the mutL homolog 1(hMLH1)has been linked to microsatellite i...
This work was supported in part by grants from the Cancer Prevention&Research Institute of Texas(RR160101);the National Institutes of Health(R01 GM112702);the Magnolia Council of Tower Cancer Research Foundation(to G.M.L.);NIH intramural research grant(DK036119,to W.Y.)。
DNA mismatch repair(MMR)relies on MutS and MutL ATPases for mismatch recognition and strand-specific nuclease recruitment to remove mispaired bases in daughter strands.However,whether the MutS–MutL complex coordinate...