Association between the ERCC5 Asp1104His polymorphism and cancer risk: a meta-analysis.

BACKGROUND: Excision repair cross complementing group 5 (ERCC5 or XPG) plays an important role in regulating DNA excision repair, removal of bulky lesions caused by environmental chemicals or UV light. Mutations in this gene cause a rare autosomal recessive syndrome, and its functional single nucleo...

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Main Authors: Mei-Ling Zhu, Mengyun Wang, Zhi-Gang Cao, Jing He, Ting-Yan Shi, Kai-Qin Xia, Li-Xin Qiu, Qing-Yi Wei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3399856?pdf=render