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Non-synonymous polymorphisms in the circadian gene NPAS2 and breast cancer risk.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Feb 2008
Zhu Yong, Stevens Richard G, Leaderer Derek, Hoffman Aaron, Holford Theodore, Zhang Yawei, Brown Heather N, Zheng Tongzhang
Abstract excerpt
Three known non-synonymous polymorphisms (Ala394Thr, Ser471Leu and Pro690Ala) in the largest circadian gene, Neuronal PAS domain protein 2 (NPAS2), were genotyped in a breast cancer case-control study conducted in Connecticut, USA (431 cases and 476 controls). We found that women with the heterozygous Ala394Thr genotype were significantly associated with breast cancer risk compared to those with the common...
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