Exome Sequencing Identifies Rare Deleterious Mutations in DNA Repair Genes FANCC and BLM as Potential Breast Cancer Susceptibility Alleles

Ella R Thompson; Maria A Doyle; Georgina L Ryland; Simone M Rowley; David YH Choong; Richard W Tothill; Heather Thorne; Daniel R Barnes; Jason Li; Jason Ellul; Gayle K Philip; Yoland C Antill; Paul A James; Alison H Trainer; Gillian Mitchell; Ian G Campbell

Journal article

Exome Sequencing Identifies Rare Deleterious Mutations in DNA Repair Genes FANCC and BLM as Potential Breast Cancer Susceptibility Alleles

Ella R Thompson, Maria A Doyle, Georgina L Ryland, Simone M Rowley, David YH Choong, Richard W Tothill, Heather Thorne, Daniel R Barnes, Jason Li, Jason Ellul, Gayle K Philip, Yoland C Antill, Paul A James, Alison H Trainer, Gillian Mitchell, Ian G Campbell

PLoS Genetics | PUBLIC LIBRARY SCIENCE | Published : 2012

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1002894

University of Melbourne Researchers

Alison Trainer Author Medicine - Royal Melbourne Hospital

Jason Ellul Author The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology

Ella Thompson Author The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology

Gillian Mitchell Author The Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology

Richard Tothill Author Clinical Pathology

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Research Fellowship

I am a molecular geneticist with a particular interest in breast and ovarian cancer

Grants

Awarded by National Breast Cancer Foundation

Funding Acknowledgements

This study was supported by grants from the Victorian Government, through Victorian Cancer Agency (http://www.victoriancanceragency.org.au/) funding and a Priority-driven Collaborative Cancer Research Scheme grant from Cancer Australia (http://canceraustralia.gov.au/) and the National Breast Cancer Foundation (www.nbcf.org.au/) (#628610 and #628333). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript.