Association between single nucleotide polymorphisms in ERCC4 and risk of squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck.

Excision repair cross-complementation group 4 gene (ERCC4/XPF) plays an important role in nucleotide excision repair and participates in removal of DNA interstrand cross-links and DNA double-strand breaks. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in ERCC4 may impact repair capacity and affect cancer s...

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Main Authors: Hongping Yu, Zhensheng Liu, Yu-Jing Huang, Ming Yin, Li-E Wang, Qingyi Wei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3407112?pdf=render