BRCA1 and BRCA2: A common pathway of genome protection but different breast cancer subtypes

Nature Reviews Cancer

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 372-

  Joosse, Simon A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; ESTROGEN RECEPTOR;

BREAST CANCER; BREAST CARCINOGENESIS; BREAST EPITHELIUM; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL RENEWAL; COMPARATIVE GENOMIC HYBRIDIZATION; DNA REPAIR; EPITHELIUM CELL; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE MUTATION; HETEROZYGOTE; LETTER; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TUMOR DIFFERENTIATION;

ANIMALS; BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; DNA DAMAGE; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 84860204360     PISSN: 1474175X     EISSN: 14741768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrc3181-c2     Document Type: Letter

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