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Gene of the month: PALB2.
Journal of clinical pathology - 1 Feb 2023
Hamdan Omar, Nowak Klaudia M
Abstract excerpt
The partner and localiser of BRCA2 (PALB2) gene, located on chromosome 16, functions as a tumour suppressor that plays a critical role in homologous recombination repair after DNA double-strand breaks. It encodes proteins involved in the BRCA2 and BRCA1, and RAD51 pathways. Heterozygous germline mutations in PALB2 have been implicated in the development of breast, pancreatic and ovarian cancers. Whereas biallelic...
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