Roberta A. U. Bevilacqua

Detection of microsatellite instability but not truncating APC mutations in gastric adenocarcinomas in Brazilian patients (2000)

Bevilacqua,Roberta A.U., Corvello,Cassandra M., Duarte,Ana Paula, Simpson,Andrew J.G.

A crucial role for the adenomatous polyposis colonic (APC) gene in colorectal carcinogenesis has been conclusively established, but, the role of APC in gastric tumors remains controversial. APC...

Microsatellite instability in tumors as a model to study the process of microsatellite mutations (2000)

Sturzeneker, Rosane, Bevilacqua, Roberta A.U., Haddad, Luciana A., Simpson, Andrew J.G., Pena, Sérgio D.J.

We screened 42 sporadic gastric tumors and found that seven of them had significant microsatellite instability. These were then studied at 26 microsatellite loci, comprising di-, tri- and...