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172G>T variant in the 5' untranslated region of DNA repair gene RAD51 reduces risk of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck and interacts with a P53 codon 72 variant.
Carcinogenesis - 1 May 2007
Lu Jiachun, Wang Li-E, Xiong Ping, Sturgis Erich M, Spitz Margaret R, Wei Qingyi
Abstract excerpt
RAD51 participates in homologous recombination (HR) repair of double-stranded DNA breaks (DSBs) that may cause genomic instability and cancer. Two single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) and three P53 binding sites have been found in the RAD51 promoter and 5' untranslated region. We hypothesized that RAD51 and P53 SNPs may interact and alter risk of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck (SCCHN) and we...
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