Article
Association of HPC2/ELAC2 genotypes and prostate cancer.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Oct 2000
Rebbeck T R, Walker A H, Zeigler-Johnson C, Weisburg S, Martin A M, Nathanson K L, Wein A J, Malkowicz S B
Abstract excerpt
HPC2/ELAC2 has been identified as a prostate cancer (CaP) susceptibility gene. Two common missense variants in HPC2/ELAC2 have been identified: a Ser-->Leu change at amino acid 217, and an Ala-->Thr change at amino acid 541. Tavtigian et al. reported that these variants were associated with CaP in a sample of men drawn from families with hereditary CaP. To confirm this report in a sample unselected for family...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
