WebMD

EGFR Exon 20 Insertion Mutation

When you’re diagnosed with lung cancer, your doctor will classify it as one of two types: small cell lung cancer or non-small-cell lung cancer (NSCLC). NSCLC is far more common. About 85% of all lung ...
Nature

Deletion and Insertion Mutations in Short Tandem Repeats in the Coding Regions of Human Genes

In vitro studies in bacterial, yeast and eukaryotic systems have demonstrated the existence of deletion and insertion ‘hotspots’ involving repetitive sequences. Slipped-strand mispairing (SSM) has ...
Nature

Extreme androgen resistance in a kindred with a novel insertion/deletion mutation in exon 5 of the androgen receptor gene

Androgen insensitivy syndrome (AIS) is the most frequent cause of male pseudohermaphroditism resulting from target-organ resistance to androgen action. Individuals bearing the complete form of the ...