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A novel germline PALB2 deletion in Polish breast and ovarian cancer patients.
BMC medical genetics - 2 Feb 2010
Dansonka-Mieszkowska Agnieszka, Kluska Anna, Moes Joanna, Dabrowska Michalina, Nowakowska Dorota, Niwinska Anna, Derlatka Pawel, Cendrowski Krzysztof, Kupryjanczyk Jolanta
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BACKGROUND: PALB2 protein was recently identified as a partner of BRCA1 and BRCA2 which determines their proper function in DNA repair. METHODS: Initially, the entire coding sequence of the PALB2 gene with exon/intron boundaries was evaluated by the PCR-SSCP and direct sequencing methods on 70 ovarian carcinomas. Sequence variants of interest were further studied on enlarged groups of ovarian carcinomas (total...
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