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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Publicado en:	Breast Cancer Research Vol. 18; pp. 1 - 12
Autores principales:	Chehade, Rania, Pettapiece-Phillips, Rachael, Salmena, Leonardo, Kotlyar, Max, Jurisica, Igor, Narod, Steven A., Akbari, Mohammad R., Kotsopoulos, Joanne
Formato:	research Journal Article
Publicado:	BioMed Central 8/17/2016
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