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The role of ATM in breast cancer development.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Aug 2007
Prokopcova Jana, Kleibl Zdenek, Banwell Claire M, Pohlreich Petr
Abstract excerpt
Complete or partial inability to sense and repair DNA damage increases the risk of developing cancer. The ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM) protein kinase has a crucial role in response to DNA double-strand breaks. Hereditary mutations in the ATM gene are the cause of a rare genomic instability syndrome ataxia telangiectasia (AT) characterized, among others, by elevated cancer risk. Although clear in...
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