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Mutational and promoter hypermethylation status of FHIT gene in breast cancer patients of Kashmir.
Mutation research - 10 Feb 2011
Syeed Nidda, Husain Syed Akhtar, Sameer A Syed, Chowdhri Nissar A, Siddiqi Mushtaq A
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OBJECTIVE: Fragile histidine triad (FHIT) gene located at chromosome 3p14.2 is a putative tumor suppressor gene involved in the pathogenesis of breast cancer. Both genetic and epigenetic alterations in FHIT have been implicated in breast carcinoma. In the present study, our main aim was to study...
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