Functional polymorphism -31C/G in the promoter of BIRC5 gene and risk of nasopharyngeal carcinoma among chinese.

BACKGROUND:Baculoviral inhibitor of apoptosis repeat-containing 5 (BIRC5, also called as survivin) is a member of the inhibitor of apoptosis protein (IAP) family, which plays an important role in the occurrence and progression of cancer. Recently, a polymorphism in the promoter of BIRC5, -31C/G (rs9...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Fuchao Ma, Hongxing Zhang, Yun Zhai, Wenfeng Huang, Chang Zhao, Shengqiu Ou, Hong Zhou, Wenzhao Yuan, Zhifu Wang, Hongxue Wang, Wei Yue, Lixia Yu, Peiyao Li, Xia Xia, Mi Cai, Yang Zhang, Ying Cui, Fuchu He, Yilong Ma, Gangqiao Zhou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-02-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3033414?pdf=render