Cancer susceptibility
Subtitle: methods and protocols
By: edited by Michelle Webb
Series: Methods in molecular biology -- 653; Springer protocols; Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) -- v. 653.; Springer protocols
Publisher: Humana Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 295
ISBN-13: 9781607617587; 9781607617594
Subjects: Susceptibility; Genetics; Methods; Cancer; Laboratory manuals; Tumors; Genetic Testing; Etiology; Genetic Predisposition to Disease; Genetic aspects; Laboratory Manuals
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The identification of colon cancer susceptibility genes by using genome-wide scans / Denise Daley; title: Prioritizing candidate genetic modifiers of BRCA1 and BRCA2 using a combinatorial analysis of global expression and polymorphism association studies of breast cancer / Logan C. Walker and Amanda B. Spurdle; title: Microarray-based comparative genomic hybridization (array-CGH) as a useful tool for identifying genes involved in glioblastoma (GB) / Yolanda Ruano ... [et al.]; title: Multiplex amplifiable probe hybridization (MAPH) methodology as an alternative to comparative genomic hybridization (CGH) / Ludmila Kousoulidou, Carolina Sismani, and Philippos C. Patsalis; title: Utilizing Saccharomyces cerevisiae to identify aneuploidy and cancer susceptibility genes / Erin D. Strome and Sharon E. Plon; title: Computational identification of cancer susceptibility loci / Marko Laakso ... [et al.]; title: Digital candidate gene approach (DigiCGA) for identification of cancer genes / Meng-Jin Zhu, Xiang Li, and Shu-Hong Zhao; title: The use of denaturing high performance liquid chromatography (DHPLC) for mutation scanning of hereditary cancer genes / Deborah J. Marsh and Viive M. Howell; title: Enhanced mismatch mutation analysis : simultaneous detection of point mutations and large scale rearrangements by capillary electrophoresis, application to BRCA1 and BRCA2 / Claude Houdayer ... [et al.]; title: Economical protocol for combined single-strand conformation polymorphism and heteroduplex analysis on a standard capillary electrophoresis apparatus / Piotr Kozlowski and Wlodzimierz J. Krzyzosiak; title: Mutational screening of hMLH1 ahd hMSH2 that confer inherited colorectal cancer susceptibility using denature gradient gel electrophoresis (DGGE) / Tao Liu; title: s-RT-MELT : a novel technology for mutation screening / Jin Li and G. Mike Makrigiorgos; title: Zoom-in array comparative genomic hybridization (aCGH) to detect germline rearrangements in cancer susceptibility genes / Johan Staaf and Åke Borg; title: Development of a scoring system to screen for BRCA1/2 mutations / Gareth R. Evans and Fiona Lalloo; title: Use of splicing reporter minigene assay to evaluate the effect on splicing of unclassified genetic variants / Pascaline Gaildrat ... [et al.]; title: Functional analysis of human BRCA2 variants using a mouse embryonic stem cell-based assay / Sergey G. Kuznetsov, Suhwan Chang, and Shyam K. Sharan; title: Developing functional assays for BRCA1 unclassified variants / Michelle Webb.