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Accumulation of premutagenic DNA lesions in mice defective in removal of oxidative base damage.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 9 Nov 1999
Klungland A, Rosewell I, Hollenbach S, Larsen E, Daly G, Epe B, Seeberg E, Lindahl T, Barnes D E
Abstract excerpt
DNA damage generated by oxidant byproducts of cellular metabolism has been proposed as a key factor in cancer and aging. Oxygen free radicals cause predominantly base damage in DNA, and the most frequent mutagenic base lesion is 7,8-dihydro-8-oxoguanine (8-oxoG). This altered base can pair with A...
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