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Effects of compound heterozygosity at the Xpd locus on cancer and ageing in mouse models.
DNA repair - 1 Nov 2012
van de Ven Marieke, Andressoo Jaan-Olle, van der Horst Gijsbertus T J, Hoeijmakers Jan H J, Mitchell James R
Abstract excerpt
XPD is a helicase subunit of transcription factor IIH, an eleven-protein complex involved in a wide range of cellular activities including transcription and nucleotide excision DNA repair (NER). Mutations in NER genes including XPD can lead to a variety of overlapping syndromes with three general categories of symptoms in addition to sun (UV) sensitivity: severe skin cancer predisposition as in xeroderma...
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