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Screening of HELQ in breast and ovarian cancer families.
Familial cancer - 1 Jan 2016
Pelttari Liisa M, Kinnunen Laura, Kiiski Johanna I, Khan Sofia, Blomqvist Carl, Aittomäki Kristiina, Nevanlinna Heli
Abstract excerpt
Several high and moderate risk alleles have been identified for breast and ovarian cancer predisposition and most of them encode proteins that function in DNA repair. A prospective candidate for breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility is the HELQ helicase that has a role in the resolution of DNA interstrand cross-links. HELQ interacts with the RAD51 paralog complex BCDX2. Two components of the complex, RAD51C...
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