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The 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase 1 (ogg1) decreases the vulnerability of the developing brain to DNA damage.
DNA repair - 1 Dec 2013
Gu Aihua, Ji Guixiang, Yan Lifeng, Zhou Yong
Abstract excerpt
The developing brain is particularly vulnerable to oxidative DNA damage, which may be the cause of most major congenital mental anomalies. The repair enzyme ogg1 initiates the highly conserved base-excision repair pathway. However, its function in the embryonic brain is largely unknown. This study is the first to validate the function of ogg1 during brain development using zebrafish embryos. Ogg1 was found to be...
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