DNA repair gene polymorphisms, pre-natal factors and the frequency of somatic mutations in the glycophorin-A gene among healthy newborns

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 545, Issue 1-2, 2004, Pages 49-57

  Relton, Caroline L ^a   Daniel, C Paul ^a   Hammal, Donna M ^b   Parker, Louise ^b   Tawn, E Janet ^a   Burn, John ^c  

^a WESTLAKES RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c INSTITUTE OF HUMAN GENETICS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA repair; Glycophorin A; XRCC1; XRCC3; XRCC4

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; GLUTAMINE; GLYCOPHORIN A; THREONINE;

AMINO ACID SUBSTITUTION; ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; CODON; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DNA REPAIR; EXON; GENDER; GENE; GENE STRUCTURE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; GLYCOPHORIN A GENE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MUTATION RATE; NEWBORN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PARENTAL AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SMOKING HABIT; SOCIAL CLASS; SOMATIC MUTATION;

EID: 0346156079     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2003.09.007     Document Type: Article

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