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DNA deaminases: AIDing hormones in immunity and cancer

It is well established that hormones can cause cancer, much less known is how they induce this change in our somatic cells. This review highlights the recent finding that estrogen can exert its DNA-damaging potential by directly activating DNA deaminases. This recently discovered class of proteins d...

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Autores principales: Petersen-Mahrt, Svend K., Coker, Heather A., Pauklin, Siim
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Springer-Verlag 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2727621/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19554301
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00109-009-0496-6