Article
[Mutations in tumor suppressor gene NBS1 in adult patients with malignancies].
Casopis lekaru ceskych - 1 Jan 2006
Seemanová E, Hoch J, Herzogová J, Kawaciuk I, Janda J, Kohoutová M, Seeman P, Varon R, Sperling K
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Mutations 657del5 and R215W in exon 6 of tumor suppressor gene NBS I are found in 1% Slavic populations. Increased occurrence of cancer was repeatedly reported in adult relatives of patients with Nijmegen breakage syndrome. Among children with oncological problematic, nonsignificantly increased frequency of NBS1 heterozygotes was found, which seems not to play any important role in cancerogenesis in...
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