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High risk of benzo[α]pyrene-induced lung cancer in E160D FEN1 mutant mice.
Mutation research - 1 Mar 2012
Wu Zhenxing, Lin Yuanji, Xu Hong, Dai Huifang, Zhou Mian, Tsao Sharlene, Zheng Li, Shen Binghui
Abstract excerpt
Flap endonuclease 1 (FEN1), a member of the Rad2 nuclease family, possesses 5' flap endonuclease (FEN), 5' exonuclease (EXO), and gap-endonuclease (GEN) activities. The multiple, structure-specific nuclease activities of FEN1 allow it to process different intermediate DNA structures during DNA replication and repair. We previously identified a group of FEN1 mutations and single nucleotide polymorphisms that...
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