BRCA1: A locus-specific "liaison" in gene expression and genetic integrity

Journal of Cellular Biochemistry

Volumn 94, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1103-1111

  Aiyar, Sarah ^a   Sun, Jian Long ^a   Li, Rong ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

BRCA1; Breast cancer; Checkpoint; Pre mRNA processing; RNA polymerase II; Transcription

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT; MESSENGER RNA PRECURSOR; RNA POLYMERASE II;

BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; DISSOCIATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ENZYME LOCALIZATION; ENZYME REGULATION; EUKARYOTE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENE LOCUS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; ONCOGENE; OVARY CANCER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STRESS; TISSUE SPECIFICITY; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, BRCA1; HUMANS; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 25444479467     PISSN: 07302312     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcb.20386     Document Type: Review

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