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CHEK2 1100DELC germline mutation: a frequency study in hereditary breast and colon cancer Brazilian families.
Arquivos de gastroenterologia - 1 Dec 2012
Abud Jamile, Koehler-Santos Patricia, Ashton-Prolla Patricia, Prolla João Carlos
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CONTEXT: CHEK2 encodes a cell cycle checkpoint kinase that plays an important role in the DNA damage repair pathway, activated mainly by ATM (Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated) in response to double-stranded DNA breaks. A germline mutation in CHEK2, 1100delC, has been described as a low penetrance allele in a significant number of families with breast and colorectal cancer in certain countries and is also associated...
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