A novel deletion of BRCA1 gene that eliminates the ATG initiation codon without affecting the promoter region

Clinica Chimica Acta

Volumn 403, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 249-253

  Marino, Marco ^a   Rabacchi, Claudio ^a   Simone, Maria Luisa ^a   Medici, Veronica ^a   Cortesi, Laura ^a   Calandra, Sebastiano ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MODENA AND REGGIO EMILIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

BRCA1; MLPA; Novel deletion; Rearrangement

Indexed keywords

ALANINE; BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; GLYCINE; THREONINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CASE REPORT; CODON; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HUMAN; MULTIPLEX LIGATION DEPENDENT PROBE AMPLIFICATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; RESTRICTION MAPPING;

ADULT; BASE SEQUENCE; BREAST NEOPLASMS; CODON, INITIATOR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EXONS; FEMALE; GENE DELETION; GENES, BRCA1; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; INTRONS; MALE; PEDIGREE; PROMOTER REGIONS, GENETIC;

EID: 64849089821     PISSN: 00098981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cca.2009.02.020     Document Type: Article

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