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Germline APC mutation spectrum derived from 863 genomic variations identified through a 15-year medical genetics service to French patients with FAP

Abstract

Heterozygous APC germline alteration is responsible for familial adenomatous polyposis, a colon cancer predisposition with almost complete penetrance. Point mutations generally lead to truncated proteins or no protein at all. They mainly involve exon 3 to codon 1700 (exon 15). The work presented here delineates precisely the APC mutation spectrum from 15 years of systematic molecular screening which identified 863 independent alterations in the French population.

  • APC gene
  • germline mutation
  • familial adenomatous polyposis
  • mutation spectrum
  • genomic rearrangements
  • genetic screening/counselling
  • molecular genetics
  • cancer: colon

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