Hemizygosity for Atm and Brca1 influence the balance between cell transformation and apoptosis

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>In recent years data from both mouse models and human tumors suggest that loss of one allele of genes involved in DNA repair pathways may play a central role in genomic instability and carcinogenesis. Additionally several examples in...

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Main Authors: Zhu Jiayun, Zhou Libin, Ludwig Thomas, Smilenov Lubomir B, Su Fengtao, Zhou Guangming, Hall Eric J
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-02-01
Series:Radiation Oncology
Online Access:http://www.ro-journal.com/content/5/1/15