Functional characterization of CLPTM1L as a lung cancer risk candidate gene in the 5p15.33 locus.

Cleft Lip and Palate Transmembrane Protein 1-Like (CLPTM1L), resides in a region of chromosome 5 for which copy number gain has been found to be the most frequent genetic event in the early stages of non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). This locus has been found by multiple genome wide association st...

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Main Authors: Michael A James, Weidong Wen, Yian Wang, Lauren A Byers, John V Heymach, Kevin R Coombes, Luc Girard, John Minna, Ming You
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3366984?pdf=render