Japanese Journal of Clinical Oncology 30:204-206 (2000)
© 2000 Foundation for Promotion of Cancer Research
A Novel Non-pathogenetic Polymorphism of the APC Gene in a Patient with Familial Adenomatous Polyposis Coli
1Department of Laboratory Medicine, 2Division of Clinical and Molecular Genetics, 3Second Department of Surgery and 4Department of Hygiene and Medical Genetics, Shinshu University School of Medicine, Matsumoto and 5Division of Clinical Pathology, Nagano Childrens Hospital, Nagano, Japan
Disorder: Familial adenomatous polyposis coli
Ethnicity of patient: Japanese
Gene: APC
GenBank accession number: M 74088
Chromosomal assignment: 5q21
Type of DNA variant: A germline missense mutation
A germline nonsense mutation
Mutation: CGG (Arg, wild type) to TGG (Trp) substitution at codon 88 in exon 3 of the APC gene
CGA (Arg, wild type) to TGA (term.) at codon 213 in exon 5 of the APC gene
Allelic frequency: <0.014 (missense mutation, TGG at codon 88)
Method of mutation detection: PCRSSCP/direct sequencing
+ For reprints and all correspondence: Yoshifumi Ogiso, Division of Clinical Pathology, Nagano Childrens Hospital, 3100 Toyoshina, Nagano 399-8288, Japan. E-mail: yogiso@coral.ocn.ne.jp