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Physiological consequences of defects in ERCC1-XPF DNA repair endonuclease.
DNA repair - 15 Jul 2011
Gregg Siobhán Q, Robinson Andria Rasile, Niedernhofer Laura J
Abstract excerpt
ERCC1-XPF is a structure-specific endonuclease required for nucleotide excision repair, interstrand crosslink repair, and the repair of some double-strand breaks. Mutations in ERCC1 or XPF cause xeroderma pigmentosum, XFE progeroid syndrome or cerebro-oculo-facio-skeletal syndrome, characterized by increased risk of cancer, accelerated aging and severe developmental abnormalities, respectively. This review...
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