Assessment of PALB2 as a candidate melanoma susceptibility gene.

Partner and localizer of BRCA2 (PALB2) interacts with BRCA2 to enable double strand break repair through homologous recombination. Similar to BRCA2, germline mutations in PALB2 have been shown to predispose to Fanconi anaemia as well as pancreatic and breast cancer. The PALB2/BRCA2 protein interacti...

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Main Authors: Lauren G Aoude, Mai Xu, Zhen Zhen Zhao, Michael Kovacs, Jane M Palmer, Peter Johansson, Judith Symmons, Jeffrey M Trent, Nicholas G Martin, Grant W Montgomery, Kevin M Brown, Nicholas K Hayward
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4065098?pdf=render