Preferential allelic expression can lead to reduced expression of BRCA1 in sporadic breast cancers

International Journal of Cancer

Volumn 77, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-6

  Özçelik, Hilmi ^a,b   To, Minh D T ^a,b   Couture, Jean ^a   Bull, Shelley B ^a,c   Andrulis, Irene L ^a,b,d  

^a MOUNT SINAI HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d CANCER CARE ONTARIO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER DIAGNOSIS; CARCINOGENESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ALLELES; BRCA1 PROTEIN; BREAST NEOPLASMS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, NEOPLASTIC; HUMANS; MUTATION;

EID: 2642611983     PISSN: 00207136     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0215(19980703)77:1<1::AID-IJC1>3.0.CO;2-Y     Document Type: Article

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