Association between acquired uniparental disomy and homozygous mutations and HER2/ER/PR status in breast cancer.

Genetic alterations in cellular signaling networks are a hallmark of cancer, however, effective methods to discover them are lacking. A novel form of abnormality called acquired uniparental disomy (aUPD) was recently found to pinpoint the region of mutated genes in various cancers, thereby identifyi...

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Main Authors: Musaffe Tuna, Marcel Smid, Dakai Zhu, John W M Martens, Christopher I Amos
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-11-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2994899?pdf=render