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Discovery of recessive effect of human polymerase δ proofreading deficiency through mutational analysis of POLD1-mutated normal and cancer cells.
European journal of human genetics : EJHG - 1 Jul 2024
Andrianova Maria A, Seplyarskiy Vladimir B, Terradas Mariona, Sánchez-Heras Ana Beatriz, Mur Pilar, Soto José Luis, Aiza Gemma, Borràs Emma, Kondrashov Fyodor A, Kondrashov Alexey S, Bazykin Georgii A, Valle Laura
Abstract excerpt
Constitutional heterozygous pathogenic variants in the exonuclease domain of POLE and POLD1, which affect the proofreading activity of the corresponding polymerases, cause a cancer predisposition syndrome characterized by increased risk of gastrointestinal polyposis, colorectal cancer, endometrial cancer and other tumor types. The generally accepted explanation for the connection between the disruption of the...
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