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Mutagenicity of 5-hydroxycytosine in human cells.
Mutagenesis - 24 Apr 2026
Suzuki Tetsuya, Hirota Ann, Iwai Shigenori, Kamiya Hiroyuki
Abstract excerpt
Base damage in DNA constitutes a major source of mutations, and consequently leads to cancers. In human cells, 8-oxo-7,8-dihydroguanine (8-hydroxyguanine) induces targeted G → T transversions, and untargeted base substitution mutations at positions distant from the damaged site (action-at-a-distance mutations). OGG1 is a base excision repair enzyme and suppresses the former mutations, but is involved in the...
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