Use of DNA-damaging agents and RNA pooling to assess expression profiles associated with BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutation status in familial breast cancer patients.

A large number of rare sequence variants of unknown clinical significance have been identified in the breast cancer susceptibility genes, BRCA1 and BRCA2. Laboratory-based methods that can distinguish between carriers of pathogenic mutations and non-carriers are likely to have utility for the classi...

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Main Authors: Logan C Walker, Bryony A Thompson, Nic Waddell, kConFab Investigators, Sean M Grimmond, Amanda B Spurdle
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2010-02-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC2824809?pdf=render