New mechanism of BRCA-1 mutation by deletion/insertion at the same nucleotide position in three unrelated French breast/ovarian cancer families

A Strong Candidate for the Breast and Ovarian Cancer Susceptibility Gene <i>BRCA1</i>

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Breast and ovarian cancer incidence in BRCA1-mutation carriers. Breast Cancer Linkage Consortium.

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Germline mutations of the BRCA1 gene in breast and ovarian cancer families provide evidence for a genotype–phenotype correlation

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Gene deletions causing human genetic disease: mechanisms of mutagenesis and the role of the local DNA sequence environment

Michael Krawczak, D.N. Cooper · Human Genetics · 1991 · 486 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +16

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Arian F. A. Smit, Arthur D. Riggs · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 1996 · 432 citations

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Genetics +16