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Aberrant subcellular localization of BRCA1 in breast cancer.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 3 Nov 1995
Chen Y, Chen C F, Riley D J, Allred D C, Chen P L, Von Hoff D, Osborne C K, Lee W H
Abstract excerpt
The BRCA1 gene product was identified as a 220-kilodalton nuclear phosphoprotein in normal cells, including breast ductal epithelial cells, and in 18 of 20 tumor cell lines derived from tissues other than breast and ovary. In 16 of 17 breast and ovarian cancer lines and 17 of 17 samples of cells obtained from malignant effusions, however, BRCA1 localized mainly in cytoplasm. Absence of BRCA1 or aberrant...
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