A bias in genotyping the ERBB2 (HER2) Ile655Val variant

Carcinogenesis

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 1649-

  Frank, Bernd ^a   Hemminki, Kari ^a,b   Burwinkel, Barbara ^a  

^a GERMAN CANCER RESEARCH CENTER DKFZ   (Germany)

^b KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EPIDERMAL GROWTH FACTOR RECEPTOR 2; VALINE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CANCER RISK; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC LINKAGE; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; LETTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

BREAST NEOPLASMS; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; ISOLEUCINE; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECEPTOR, ERBB-2; VALINE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 24144454209     PISSN: 01433334     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/carcin/bgi108     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

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