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Atm heterozygosity does not increase tumor susceptibility to ionizing radiation alone or in a p53 heterozygous background.
Oncogene - 20 Nov 2008
Mao J H, Wu D, DelRosario R, Castellanos A, Balmain A, Perez-Losada J
Abstract excerpt
Ataxia-Telangiectasia (A-T) is an autosomal recessive human disease characterized by genetic instability, radiosensitivity, immunodeficiency and cancer predisposition, because of mutation in both alleles of the ATM (ataxia-telangiectasia mutated) gene. The role of Atm heterozygosity in cancer susceptibility is controversial, in both human and mouse. Earlier studies identified deletions near the Atm gene on mouse...
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