MUTYH-associated polyposis (MAP), the syndrome implicating Base Excision Repair in inherited predisposition to colorectal tumors

In 2002, Al-Tassan and co-workers described for the first time a recessive form of inherited polyposis associated with germline mutations of MUTYH, a gene encoding a base excision repair (BER) protein that counteracts the DNA damage induced by the oxidative stress. MUTYH-associated polyposis (MAP) i...

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Main Authors: Tiziana eVenesio, Antonella eBalsamo, Vito eD'Agostino, Guglielmina Nadia Ranzani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2012-08-01
Series:Frontiers in Oncology
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fonc.2012.00083/full