Roles of BRCA1 in DNA damage repair: A link between development and cancer

Human Molecular Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue REV. ISS. 1, 2003, Pages

  Deng, Chu Xia ^a   Wang, Rui Hong ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN;

ADULT; APOPTOSIS; CANCER; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOME DAMAGE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EXCISION REPAIR; GENE CONTROL; GENE EXPRESSION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BRCA1 PROTEIN; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, DEVELOPMENTAL; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; GENES, BRCA1; HUMANS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, GENETIC; NEOPLASMS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0037389507     PISSN: 09646906     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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