A deletion/insertion mutation in the BRCA2 gene in a breast cancer family: A possible role of the Alu-polyA tail in the evolution of the deletion

Genes Chromosomes and Cancer

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 91-95

  Wang, Tieling ^a   Lerer, Israela ^a   Gueta, Zehava ^a   Sagi, Michal ^a   Kadouri, Luna ^a   Peretz, Tamar ^a   Abeliovich, Dvorah ^a  

^a HADASSAH HEBREW UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Israel)

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Indexed keywords

POLYADENYLIC ACID;

ARTICLE; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER FAMILY; EXON; FAMILY HISTORY; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; INTRON; ONCOGENE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUTHERN BLOTTING;

ADULT; AGED; ALU ELEMENTS; BRCA2 PROTEIN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CHROMOSOME DELETION; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GENETIC MARKERS; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MUTAGENESIS, INSERTIONAL; MUTATION; NEOPLASM PROTEINS; PEDIGREE; POLY A; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 0035057602     PISSN: 10452257     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gcc.1110     Document Type: Article

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