Authors:

KB Meyer, JS Carroll

Journal name: 

Nat Genet

Citation info: 

44(11):1176-1177

Abstract: 

Many SNPs associated with human disease are located in non-coding regions of the genome. A new study shows that SNPs associated with breast cancer risk are located in enhancer regions and alter binding affinity for the pioneer factor FOXA1.

DOI: 

http://doi.org/10.1038/ng.2449

Research group: 

Carroll Group

E-pub date: 

01 Nov 2012