Preferential allelic expression can lead to reduced expression of BRCA1 in sporadic breast cancers.

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BRCA1 is considered to be a tumor-suppressor gene, yet mutations in this gene are uncommon in sporadic breast tumors. We investigated whether mechanisms other than DNA mutations that affect the coding region might be involved in breast carcinogenesis. Since loss of expression of the BRCA1 gene would lead to lack of protein, we evaluated the level of BRCA1 mRNA in 21 normal epithelial specimens and in 74 breast...

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