These are interconnected. Once you find a gene of interest, all of the facts about that gene will be listed, and you can link to these facts. Similarly, once you have identified a fact, it is the gene which this fact refers to and the literature reference from whence this fact comes.

Input the name of the breast cancer gene you are searching for.

Searching for nothing will return a list of all the breast cancer genes in the database (caution: very long!)

You can use the @ symbol at the beginning or end of a name as a wildcard. For example, @ras@ will retrieve ras, K-ras, rasH, etc. Similarly, r@ will return a list of all the genes or loci whose name begins with r. Searches are case-insensitive.

The database contains a large number of synonyms. Nonetheless, if you cannot find the gene you are looking for, try to think what other names it might be known by, and search those.

Warning! Searches from this page can take a long time!

With this search, you can search for specific facts about any of the breast cancer genes or loci in the database. If you are interested in facts about a specific gene, search by name.

In this database, facts have three parts:

1. A topic. This is a general category of facts. There is a fixed list of possible topics from which you choose. In general, there are many, many facts under each topic. Thus, if you search for all facts in a topic, you will receive a very long response!
   
   
2. A fact. This is a short (40 character), direct statement of the fact. For example, if the topic is "Human Chromosomal Location" the fact might be "11q23.4". The fact is free-form.
   
   
3. A comment. If the bare statement of the fact needs qualification or explanation, then a longer (free-form) comment may sometimes be added.

Select a topic from the popup list (or select "-all-" to retrieve all topics) and then type words in the text field. Words are separated by spaces, and if you enter more than one word, facts containing any of these words (logical "OR") will be retrieved. By checking the appropriate boxes, you can search for words in facts and/or in comments. Searching in facts is much faster and, in general, more useful.

Don't use the @ wildcard character; it is added automatically.