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Evaluation of NTHL1, NEIL1, NEIL2, MPG, TDG, UNG and SMUG1 genes in familial colorectal cancer predisposition.
BMC cancer - 9 Oct 2006
Broderick Peter, Bagratuni Tina, Vijayakrishnan Jairam, Lubbe Steven, Chandler Ian, Houlston Richard S
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BACKGROUND: The observation that germline mutations in the oxidative DNA damage repair gene MUTYH cause colorectal cancer (CRC) provides strong evidence that dysregulation of the base excision repair (BER) pathway influences disease susceptibility. It is conceivable that germline sequence variati...
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