The BRC repeats are conserved in mammalian BRCA2 proteins

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 53-58

  Bignell, Graham ^a   Micklem, Gos ^b   Stratton, Michael R ^a   Ashworth, Alan ^a   Wooster, Richard ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

REPETITIVE DNA;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER GENETICS; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; DNA SEQUENCE; EXON; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; BRCA2 PROTEIN; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; CRICETINAE; DNA; DOGS; EXONS; HAPLORHINI; HUMANS; MAMMALS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SWINE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031022191     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/hmg/6.1.53     Document Type: Article

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