Mutation analysis of the gene encoding the PALB2-binding protein MRG15 in BRCA1/2-negative breast cancer families

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 842-843

  Frio, Thomas Rio ^a,b   Haanpää, Maria ^c   Pouchet, Carly ^a,d   Pylkäs, Katri ^c   Vuorela, Mikko ^c   Tischkowitz, Marc ^a,d   Winqvist, Robert ^c   Foulkes, William D ^a,b,d  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY HEALTH CENTRE   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^d MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

BRCA complex; breast cancer; MRG15; mutational spectrum

Indexed keywords

BINDING PROTEIN; BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; PROTEIN MRG15; PROTEIN PALB2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BREAST CANCER; CANCER RISK; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; HUMAN;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BREAST NEOPLASMS; DNA MUTATIONAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GENES, BRCA1; GENES, BRCA2; GENETIC PREDISPOSITION TO DISEASE; HUMANS; MIDDLE AGED; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RISK; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78650568796     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2010.112     Document Type: Article

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