Gross chromosomal rearrangements and genetic exchange between nonhomologous chromosomes following BRCA2 inactivation

Genes and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 1400-1406

  Yu, Veronica P C C ^a   Koehler, Michael ^b   Steinlein, Claus ^c   Schmid, Michael ^c   Hanakahi, Leslyn A ^d   Van Gool, Alain J ^d,e   West, Stephen C ^d   Venkitaraman, Ashok R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Applied Spectral Imaging GmbH   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WÜRZBURG   (Germany)

^d IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

^e Lead Discovery Unit   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Breast cancer susceptibility gene; Chromosome structure; DNA repair; Translocations; Tumor suppressor

Indexed keywords

BRCA2 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA CROSS LINKING; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; FETUS; GENE FUNCTION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ANIMALS; ANNEXIN A5; BRCA2 PROTEIN; CELLS, CULTURED; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; CHROMOSOMES; CROSS-LINKING REAGENTS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FLOW CYTOMETRY; GENE SILENCING; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; IN SITU NICK-END LABELING; KARYOTYPING; LIVER; MICE; MITOMYCIN; MUTAGENESIS; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; RAD51 RECOMBINASE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 0034213735     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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