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Functional study of the P32T ITPA variant associated with drug sensitivity in humans.
Journal of molecular biology - 25 Sept 2009
Stepchenkova Elena I, Tarakhovskaya Elena R, Spitler Kathryn, Frahm Christin, Menezes Miriam R, Simone Peter D, Kolar Carol, Marky Luis A, Borgstahl Gloria E O, Pavlov Youri I
Abstract excerpt
Sanitization of the cellular nucleotide pools from mutagenic base analogues is necessary for the accuracy of transcription and replication of genetic material and plays a substantial role in cancer prevention. The undesirable mutagenic, recombinogenic, and toxic incorporation of purine base analogues [i.e., ITP, dITP, XTP, dXTP, or 6-hydroxylaminopurine (HAP) deoxynucleoside triphosphate] into nucleic acids is...
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