Methylation of the BRCA1 gene in sporadic breast cancer

Cancer Research

Volumn 57, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 3347-3350

  Dobrovic, Alexander ^a,b   Simpfendorfer, David ^b  

^a QUEEN ELIZABETH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ADELAIDE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER INHIBITION; DNA METHYLATION; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; METHYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BLOTTING, SOUTHERN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CARCINOMA, DUCTAL, BREAST; DNA METHYLATION; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; DNA, NEOPLASM; EXONS; FEMALE; GENES, BRCA1; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS);

EID: 0030843274     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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