Effects of physical exercise training in DNA damage and repair - could the difference be in hOGG1 Ser326Cys polymorphism?

Acute physical exercise is associated with increased oxygen consumption, which could result in an increased formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS). ROS can react with several organic structures, namely DNA, causing strand breaks and a variety of modified bases in DNA. Physical exercise training...

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Main Authors: Ana Inês Silva, Jorge Pinto Soares, Amélia M. Silva, Manuela Matos, Joao Teixeira, Isabel O'Neill Gaivão
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2015-05-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/conf.fgene.2015.01.00046/full