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Cancer predisposing BARD1 mutations in breast-ovarian cancer families.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Jan 2012
Ratajska Magdalena, Antoszewska Ewelina, Piskorz Anna, Brozek Izabela, Borg Åke, Kusmierek Hanna, Biernat Wojciech, Limon Janusz
Abstract excerpt
The breast cancer susceptibility gene BARD1 (BRCA1-associated RING domain protein, MIM# 601593) acts with BRCA1 in DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair and also in apoptosis initiation. We screened 109 BRCA1/2 negative high-risk breast and/or ovarian cancer patients from North-Eastern Poland for BARD1 germline mutations using a combination of denaturing high-performance liquid chromatography and direct...
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