Genomic characterization of two large Alu-mediated rearrangements of the BRCA1 gene

Journal of Human Genetics

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 78-83

  Peixoto, Ana ^a   Pinheiro, Manuela ^a   Massena, Lígia ^b   Santos, Catarina ^a   Pinto, Pedro ^a   Rocha, Patrícia ^a   Pinto, Carla ^a   Teixeira, Manuel R ^a,b  

^a PORTUGUESE ONCOLOGY INSTITUTE   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Alu retrotransposition; BRCA1; homologous recombination; rearrangement

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ALU SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA TRANSPOSITION; EXON; GENE DELETION; GENE INSERTION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE SEQUENCE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; ONCOGENE;

ADULT; ALU ELEMENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; EXONS; FEMALE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, BRCA1; HUMANS; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE DELETION;

EID: 84875464936     PISSN: 14345161     EISSN: 1435232X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jhg.2012.137     Document Type: Article

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