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ABSTRACT:
ORGANISM(S): Saccharomyces cerevisiae
SUBMITTER: Jarno Tuimala
PROVIDER: E-MEXP-922 | biostudies-arrayexpress |
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-arrayexpress
Kokko Antti A Ylisaukko-Oja Sanna S K SS Kiuru Maija M Takatalo Maarit S MS Salmikangas Paula P Tuimala Jarno J Arango Diego D Karhu Auli A Aaltonen Lauri A LA Jäntti Jussi J
International journal of cancer 20060301 6
Heterozygous mutations in the fumarase (FH) gene cause the tumor predisposition syndrome hereditary leiomyomatosis and renal cell cancer (MIM 605839). While most families segregate a benign phenotype of multiple leiomyomas, others display a phenotype with early-onset renal cancer and leiomyosarcoma. Modifier genes may play a role in this, but an alternative explanation is simple genotype-phenotype association. FH mutations predisposing to cancer appear to be truncating or in fully conserved amin ...[more]