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Genetic Polymorphisms in DNA Repair Gene APE1/Ref-1 and the Risk of Neural Tube Defects in a High-Risk Area of China.
Reproductive sciences (Thousand Oaks, Calif.) - 1 Sept 2021
Wang Xiuwei, Yue Huixuan, Li Shen, Guo Jin, Guan Zhen, Zhu Zhiqiang, Niu Bo, Zhang Ting, Wang Jianhua
Abstract excerpt
Apurinic/apyrimidinic endonuclease 1/redox-factor 1 (APE1/Ref-1) gene encodes a multifunctional protein involved in the DNA base excision repair (BER) pathway, which initiates repair of apurinic/apyrimidinic (AP) sites in DNA by catalyzing hydrolytic incision of the phosphodiester backbone. APE1/Ref-1 polymorphisms are related to the occurrence of neural tube defects (NTDs), but the association between APE1/Ref-1...
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