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

J Med Genet. 2010 Oct;47(10):721-2. doi: 10.1136/jmg.2010.078964. Epub 2010 Aug 3.

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.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adenomatous Polyposis Coli / genetics*
  • Adenomatous Polyposis Coli Protein / genetics*
  • Comparative Genomic Hybridization
  • DNA Mutational Analysis / methods*
  • France
  • Genes, APC
  • Genetic Predisposition to Disease
  • Genetic Testing
  • Germ-Line Mutation*
  • Humans
  • Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis
  • Point Mutation
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA

Substances

  • Adenomatous Polyposis Coli Protein