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Uracil misincorporation into DNA of leukocytes of young women with positive folate balance depends on plasma vitamin B12 concentrations and methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase polymorphisms. A pilot study.
The Journal of nutritional biochemistry - 1 Aug 2005
Kapiszewska Maria, Kalemba Malgorzata, Wojciech Urszula, Milewicz Tomasz
Abstract excerpt
Changes in the folate and vitamin B12 status in the body influence the extent of uracil misincorporation (UrMis) into DNA, which is one of the biomarkers of genomic stability and, thus, portends a risk of cancer. In our study, the level of UrMis into DNA was evaluated by the comet assay (using the specific DNA repair enzyme, uracil DNA glycosylase) in leukocytes from blood donated by healthy young women with...
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