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A common copy-number breakpoint of ERBB2 amplification in breast cancer colocalizes with a complex block of segmental duplications.
Breast cancer research : BCR - 26 Nov 2012
Marotta Michael, Chen Xiongfong, Inoshita Ayako, Stephens Robert, Budd G Thomas, Crowe Joseph P, Lyons Joanne, Kondratova Anna, Tubbs Raymond, Tanaka Hisashi
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INTRODUCTION: Segmental duplications (low-copy repeats) are the recently duplicated genomic segments in the human genome that display nearly identical (> 90%) sequences and account for about 5% of euchromatic regions. In germline, duplicated segments mediate nonallelic homologous recombination and thus cause both non-disease-causing copy-number variants and genomic disorders. To what extent duplicated segments...
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