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Association of common variants in mismatch repair genes and breast cancer susceptibility: a multigene study.
BMC cancer - 25 Sept 2009
Conde João, Silva Susana N, Azevedo Ana P, Teixeira Valdemar, Pina Julieta Esperança, Rueff José, Gaspar Jorge F
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BACKGROUND: MMR is responsible for the repair of base-base mismatches and insertion/deletion loops. Besides this, MMR is also associated with an anti-recombination function, suppressing homologous recombination. Losses of heterozygosity and/or microsatellite instability have been detected in a la...
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