The relationship between the roles of BRCA genes in DNA repair and cancer predisposition

Trends in Molecular Medicine

Volumn 8, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 571-576

  Tutt, Andrew ^a   Ashworth, Alan ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CHROMATIN; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; EXCISION REPAIR; FANCONI ANEMIA; GENE ACTIVITY; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOSS; GENETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; ONCOGENE; REVIEW;

EID: 0036893150     PISSN: 14714914     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1471-4914(02)02434-6     Document Type: Review

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