title: Restriction enzyme analysis of mitochondrial DNA in colorectal tumours.
abstract: Total cellular DNA samples were isolated from 15 colorectal adenocarcinomas, 8 colon adenomas and their adjacent histologically normal colon mucosa. These DNA samples were digested separately with 13 different restriction endonucleases and analysed by Southern blot hybridization using a purified 32P-labelled human mtDNA probe. The fragment patterns from tumour mtDNA were compared to those from corresponding normal mtDNA. No evidence for large deletions, insertions, rearrangements or single base mutations in the detectable regions was detected. This suggests that other mechanisms may be responsible for the changes of colorectal tumour mitochondria.
authors.affiliation: Imperial Cancer Research Fund, Colorectal Cancer Unit, St. Mark's Hospital, London, U.K.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: I C
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Talbot
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Northover
mesh_terms: D000230:Adenocarcinoma / Q000235:genetics*; D000236:Adenoma / Q000235:genetics*; D001483:Base Sequence; D015139:Blotting, Southern; D015179:Colorectal Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics*; D015342:DNA Probes; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000235:genetics*; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000032:analysis*; D005819:Genetic Markers; D006801:Humans; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000737:chemistry; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data
chemical_list: D015342:DNA Probes; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D005819:Genetic Markers; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes