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Mice with the CHEK2*1100delC SNP are predisposed to cancer with a strong gender bias.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 6 Oct 2009
Bahassi El Mustapha, Robbins Susan B, Yin Moying, Boivin Gregory P, Kuiper Raoul, van Steeg Harry, Stambrook Peter J
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The CHEK2 kinase (Chk2 in mouse) is a member of a DNA damage response pathway that regulates cell cycle arrest at cell cycle checkpoints and facilitates the repair of dsDNA breaks by a recombination-mediated mechanism. There are numerous variants of the CHEK2 gene, at least one of which, CHEK2*1100delC (SNP), associates with breast cancer. A mouse model in which the wild-type Chk2 has been replaced by a...
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