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[Novel BRCA1 gene mutations in breast cancer patients from St. Petersburg].
Genetika - 1 Sept 2007
Tikhomirova O S, Grudinina N A, Golubkov V I, Mandel'shtam M Iu, Vasil'ev B V
Abstract excerpt
Screening of patients with familial breast cancer from St. Petersburg for BRCA1 gene mutations resulted in identification of three mutations (414del3, 276delA, and A622V) and two polymorphisms (P871L and S1436S). Mutations 4146del3 and 276delA are novel, never previously described elsewhere. Deletion 2761delA produces a reading frame shift, premature protein synthesis termination and can cause predisposition for...
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