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Cytotoxic T lymphocyte antigen-4 gene in breast cancer.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Jul 2004
Ghaderi Abbas, Yeganeh Farshid, Kalantari Tahereh, Talei Abdul-Rasoul, Pezeshki Abdul-Mohammad, Doroudchi Mehrnoosh, Dehaghani Alamtaj Samsami
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The exon 1 polymorphism (49A/G) of ctla-4 gene corresponds to an amino acid exchange (threonine to alanine) in the leader peptide of the expressed protein. There are reports concerning the higher level of G allele in subjects with various autoimmune diseases, which has resulted in the hypothesis...
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