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Table 1 Genes used in model construction.

From: Heritable clustering and pathway discovery in breast cancer integrating epigenetic and phenotypic data

Gene Symbol

Accession Number

GeneID

Gene Description

Function

GPC3

NM_004484

2719

glypican 3

Cell surface heparan sulfate proteoglycans; may play a role in the control of cell division and growth regulation

RASSF1A

NM_007182

11186

Ras association domain family 1

Protein similar to the RAS effector proteins; interact with DNA repair protein XPA; inhibit cyclin D1 accumulation thereby inducing cell cycle arrest

WT1

NM_000378

7490

Wilms tumor 1

A transcription factor; mutated in a small subset of patients with Wilm's tumours

PLAU

NM_002658

5328

plasminogen activator, urokinase

A serine protease involved in degradation of the extracellular matrix.

HOXA5

NM_019102

3202

homeobox

A DNA-binding transcription factor which may regulate gene expression, morphogenesis, and differentiation.

CDKN2A

NM_000077

1029

cyclin-dependent kniase inhibitor 2A

Functions as a stabilizer of the tumor suppressor protein p53.

HS3ST3B1

NM_006041

9953

heparan sulfate 3-O-sulfotransferase 3B1

An enzyme that possesses heparan sulfate glu-cosaminyl 3-O-sulfotransferase activity

BRCA1

NM_007294

672

breast cancer 1, early onset

A nuclear phosphoprotein that plays a role in maintaining genomic stability and acts as a tumor suppressor

DAPK1

NM_004938

1612

death-associated protein kinase 1

A positive mediator of gamma-interferon induced programmed cell death