An assay for detection of a mammalian cell proliferative disorder associated with a hypermutable nucleic acid sequences is provided. The identification of particular hypermutable sequences such as microsatellite loci correlates with a particular cancer, thereby allowing detection of both primary tumors and metastatic sites within a patient.

 
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> C. elegans p21-activated kinase (PAK) gene and associated loss-of-function phenotypes that facilitate screening for small molecule modulators of PAK activity in the nematode, caenorhabditis elegans
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