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Association between the NBS1 E185Q polymorphism and cancer risk: a meta-analysis.
BMC cancer - 24 Apr 2009
Lu Meixia, Lu Jiachun, Yang Xiaobo, Yang Miao, Tan Hao, Yun Bai, Shi Luyuan
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BACKGROUND: NBS1 is a key DNA repair protein in the homologous recombination repair pathway and a signal modifier in the intra-S phase checkpoint that plays important roles in maintaining genomic stability. The NBS1 8360G>C (Glu185Gln) is one of the most commonly studied polymorphisms of the gene for their association with risk of cancers, but the results are conflicting. METHODS: We performed a meta-analysis...
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