Mechanisms of glycosylase induced genomic instability.

Human alkyladenine DNA glycosylase (AAG) initiates base excision repair (BER) to guard against mutations by excising alkylated and deaminated purines. Counterintuitively, increased expression of AAG has been implicated in increased rates of spontaneous mutation in microsatellite repeats. This micros...

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Main Authors: Daniel E Eyler, Kylie A Burnham, Thomas E Wilson, Patrick J O'Brien
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5363859?pdf=render