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O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase Leu84Phe and Ile143Val polymorphisms and risk of colorectal cancer in the Nurses' Health Study and Physicians' Health Study (United States).
Cancer causes & control : CCC - 1 Jun 2006
Tranah Gregory J, Bugni James, Giovannucci Edward, Ma Jing, Fuchs Charles, Hines Lisa, Samson Leona, Hunter David J
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OBJECTIVE: O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase (MGMT) removes mutagenic adducts from the O6-position of guanine in DNA. Unrepaired O6-methylguanines result in G:C to A:T transitions in mutated K-ras and p53 in colorectal tumors. Two non-synonymous MGMT coding region variants, Leu84Phe and Ile143Val, lie in close proximity to the reactive 145Cys residue and to a conserved estrogen receptor interacting helix....
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