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Mutation analysis of RAD51L1 (RAD51B/REC2) in multiple-case, non-BRCA1/2 breast cancer families.
Breast cancer research and treatment - 1 Aug 2011
Johnson Julie, Healey Sue, Khanna Kum Kum, Chenevix-Trench Georgia
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Although a significant proportion of familial aggregation of breast cancer remains unexplained, many of the currently known breast cancer susceptibility genes, including BRCA1, BRCA2 and TP53, play a role in maintaining genome integrity by engaging in DNA repair. RAD51L1 is one of the five RAD51 paralogs involved in homologous recombination (HR) repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs); it also interacts...
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