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PALB2 functionally connects the breast cancer susceptibility proteins BRCA1 and BRCA2.
Molecular cancer research : MCR - 1 Jul 2009
Zhang Fan, Fan Qiang, Ren Keqin, Andreassen Paul R
Abstract excerpt
BRCA1 and BRCA2 are prominently associated with inherited breast and ovarian cancer. The encoded proteins function in DNA damage responses, but no functional link between BRCA1 and BRCA2 has been established. We show here that PALB2 physically and functionally connects BRCA1 and BRCA2 into a DNA damage response network that also includes the RAD51 recombinase. PALB2 directly binds BRCA1, as determined with...
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