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Development of a Premature Stop Codon-detection method based on a bacterial two-hybrid system.
BMC biotechnology - 2 Sept 2006
Real Sebastián M, Marzese Diego M, Gomez Laura C, Mayorga Luis S, Roqué María
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BACKGROUND: The detection of Premature Stop Codons (PSCs) in human genes is very useful for the genetic diagnosis of different hereditary cancers, e.g. Familial Breast Cancer and Hereditary Non-Polyposis Colorectal Cancer (HNPCC). The products of these PSCs are truncated proteins, detectable in vitro by the Protein Truncation Test and in vivo by using the living translation machinery of yeast or bacteria. These...
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