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SUBMITTER: Teerlink CC
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6292789 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Teerlink Craig C CC Huff Chad C Stevens Jeff J Yu Yao Y Holmen Sheri L SL Silvis Mark R MR Trombetti Kirby K Zhao Hua H Grossman Douglas D Farnham James M JM Wen Jingran J Facelli Julio C JC Thomas Alun A Babst Markus M Florell Scott R SR Meyer Laurence L Zone John J JJ Leachman Sancy S Cannon-Albright Lisa A LA
Journal of the National Cancer Institute 20181201 12
<h4>Background</h4>Statistically significant linkage of melanoma to chromosome 9q21 was previously reported in a Danish pedigree resource and independently confirmed in Utah high-risk pedigrees, indicating strong evidence that this region contains a melanoma predisposition gene.<h4>Methods</h4>Whole-exome sequencing of pairs of related melanoma case subjects from two pedigrees with evidence of 9q21 linkage was performed to identify the responsible predisposition gene. Candidate variants were tes ...[more]