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Associations between hOGG1 sequence variants and prostate cancer susceptibility.
Cancer research - 15 Apr 2002
Xu Jianfeng, Zheng Siqun L, Turner Aubrey, Isaacs Sarah D, Wiley Kathy E, Hawkins Gregory A, Chang Bao-li, Bleecker Eugene R, Walsh Patrick C, Meyers Deborah A, Isaacs William B
Abstract excerpt
8-Hydroxyguanine is a mutagenic base lesion produced by reactive oxygen species. The hOGG1 gene encodes a DNA glycosylase/AP lyase that can suppress the mutagenic effects of 8-hydroxyguanine by catalyzing its removal from oxidized DNA. A population-based (245 cases and 222 controls) and family-ba...
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