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Mcs5c: a mammary carcinoma susceptibility locus located in a gene desert that associates with tenascin C expression.
Cancer prevention research (Philadelphia, Pa.) - 1 Jan 2011
Veillet Adeline L, Haag Jill D, Remfert Jane L, Meilahn Amanda L, Samuelson David J, Gould Michael N
Abstract excerpt
Genetic factors have been estimated to account for at least 30% of a woman's risk to develop breast cancer. We have developed a rat model using Wistar Furth (WF) and Wistar Kyoto (WKy) strains to genetically identify mammary cancer susceptibility loci. The WKy allele of the mammary carcinogenesis susceptibility locus Mcs5c, was previously shown to reduce carcinoma multiplicity after...
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