Haplotype analysis of BRCA1 gene reveals a new gene rearrangement: Characterization of a 19.9 KBP deletion

European Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 12, Issue 9, 2004, Pages 775-777

  Tancredi, Mariella ^a   Sensi, Elisa ^a   Cipollini, Giovanna ^a   Aretini, Paolo ^a   Lombardi, Grazia ^a   Di Cristofano, Claudio ^a   Presciuttini, Silvano ^a   Bevilacqua, Generoso ^a   Caligo, Maria Adelaide ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

BRCA1; Genomic rearrangement; Haplotype analysis; Hereditary breast cancer

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; GENOMIC DNA;

ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; CANCER SCREENING; CARCINOGENICITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EXON; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE REPLICATION; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENETIC IDENTIFICATION; GENETIC SCREENING; HAPLOTYPE; HEMIZYGOSITY; HUMAN; MULTIGENE FAMILY; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OVARY CANCER; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALU ELEMENTS; DNA PRIMERS; EXONS; GENE DELETION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, BRCA1; GENETIC SCREENING; HAPLOTYPES; HUMANS; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTASE POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 4644278811     PISSN: 10184813     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.ejhg.5201223     Document Type: Article

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