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A strong candidate for the breast and ovarian cancer susceptibility gene BRCA1.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 7 Oct 1994
Miki Y, Swensen J, Shattuck-Eidens D, Futreal P A, Harshman K, Tavtigian S, Liu Q, Cochran C, Bennett L M, Ding W
Abstract excerpt
A strong candidate for the 17q-linked BRCA1 gene, which influences susceptibility to breast and ovarian cancer, has been identified by positional cloning methods. Probable predisposing mutations have been detected in five of eight kindreds presumed to segregate BRCA1 susceptibility alleles. The mutations include an 11-base pair deletion, a 1-base pair insertion, a stop codon, a missense substitution, and an...
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