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RNA interference-based functional dissection of the 17q12 amplicon in breast cancer reveals contribution of coamplified genes.
Genes, chromosomes & cancer - 1 Aug 2006
Kao Jessica, Pollack Jonathan R
Abstract excerpt
DNA amplification is a frequent occurrence in cancer genomes. While tumor amplicons may harbor known oncogenes "driving" amplification, amplicons rarely comprise only single genes. The potential functional contribution of coamplified genes remains largely unexplored. In breast cancer, 20-30% of tumors exhibit amplification within chromosome band 17q12, containing the ERBB2 oncogene. Analysis of array-based...
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