Reduced BRCA1 transcript levels in freshly isolated blood leukocytes from BRCA1 mutation carriers is mutation specific

BACKGROUND: BRCA1 mutation carriers face a high lifetime risk of developing both breast and ovarian cancer. Haploinsufficiency is thought to predispose these women to cancer by reducing the pool of available BRCA1 transcript and protein, thereby compromising BRCA1 function. Whether or not cancer-fre...

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Autores principales: Chehade, Rania, Pettapiece-Phillips, Rachael, Salmena, Leonardo, Kotlyar, Max, Jurisica, Igor, Narod, Steven A., Akbari, Mohammad R., Kotsopoulos, Joanne
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4989508/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27534398
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13058-016-0739-8

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4989508/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27534398
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13058-016-0739-8

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