The FANCA/CCP16 FISH Probe Kit is designed to detect the human FANCA gene located on chromosome band 16q24.3, along with the number of chromosome 16 copies per cell.
Mutations in FANCA – also known as FA, FA1, FAA, FAH, FA-H, FACA or FANCH – are the most common cause of Fanconi anemia, have also been observed in cancers such as lung, colon, breast, prostate, bladder urothelial and other malignancies.