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Loss of heterozygosity on the X chromosome in human breast cancer.
Genes, chromosomes & cancer - 1 Aug 1995
Loupart M L, Adams S, Armour J A, Walker R, Brammar W, Varley J
Abstract excerpt
The analysis of loss of heterozygosity (LOH) in tumours can be a powerful tool for mapping the sites of tumour suppressor genes in the human genome. A panel of breast cancer patients was assembled as pairs of tumour and lymphocyte DNA samples and LOH studies carried out by Southern hybridisation with polymorphic loci mapping to the X chromosome with appropriate controls. Deletion mapping revealed a high frequency...
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