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Screening a human population sample for DNA repair gene deficiencies utilizing the protein truncation test.
Environmental and molecular mutagenesis - 1 Jan 2000
Chen J, Yu Z, Ford B N, Brackley M E, Haesevoets R J, Khaidakov M, Glickman B W
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A significant fraction of human cancers are thought to have a genetic component and several lines of evidence suggest that deficiencies in DNA repair may be a contributing factor. Little is known, however, about the frequency and distribution of variants of DNA repair genes in the general human population. The protein truncation test (PTT) was used to screen 136 healthy volunteers for protein-truncating variants...
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