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Biallelic mutations in BRCA1 cause a new Fanconi anemia subtype.
Cancer discovery - 1 Feb 2015
Sawyer Sarah L, Tian Lei, Kähkönen Marketta, Schwartzentruber Jeremy, Kircher Martin, Majewski Jacek, Dyment David A, Innes A Micheil, Boycott Kym M, Moreau Lisa A, Moilanen Jukka S, Greenberg Roger A
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UNLABELLED: Deficiency in BRCA-dependent DNA interstrand crosslink (ICL) repair is intimately connected to breast cancer susceptibility and to the rare developmental syndrome Fanconi anemia. Bona fide Fanconi anemia proteins, BRCA2 (FANCD1), PALB2 (FANCN), and BRIP1 (FANCJ), interact with BRCA1 during ICL repair. However, the lack of detailed phenotypic and cellular characterization of a patient with biallelic...
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