In order to understand the bioaccumulation of (241)Am and (134)Cs in scallops living in sediments, the uptake and depuration kinetics of these two elements were investigated in the king scallop Pecten maximus exposed via seawater, food, or sediment under laboratory conditions. Generally, (241)Am accumulation was higher and its retention was stronger than (134)Cs. This was especially obvious whe...

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The A-protein of coliphage MS2 was purified to a state of sufficient homogeneity to study its primary structure. The NH2-terminal sequence was determined for the first 8 residues. Comparison with the reported sequence of R17 protein (Weiner, A. M., Platt, T., and Weber, K. (1972) J. Biol. Chem. 247, 3242-3251) shows a difference at position 6 where alanine in R17 is replaced by threonine in MS2...

Background: Breast cancer is one of the most common worldwide malignancies among women. Biological data suggest that damage induced by endogenous and exogenous factors affects the integrity of DNA and associated with susceptibility to breast cancer. Single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) in DNA repair genes can associated with differences in the repair efficiency of DNA damage and may affect br...

Over-expression of DNA repair genes has been associated with resistance to radiation and DNA-damage induced by chemotherapeutic agents such as cisplatin. More recently, based on the analysis of genome expression profiling, it was proposed that over-expression of DNA repair genes enhances the invasive behaviour of tumour cells. In this study we present experimental evidence utilizing functional ...

DNA repair via the homologous recombination pathway requires the recombinase RAD51 and, in vertabrates, five RAD51 paralogs. The paralogs form two complexes in solution, a XRCC3/RAD51C heterodimer and a RAD51B/RAD51C/RAD51D/XRCC2 heterotetramer. Mutation of any one of the five paralog genes prevents subnuclear assembly of recombinase at damaged sites and renders cells 30-100 fold sensitive to D...

OBJECTIVE DNA repair genes play a key role in maintaining genomic stability and integrity. DNA repair gene polymorphisms, such as those of XRCC3 and xeroderma pigmentosum, complementation group D and G (XPD, XPG), contribute to carcinogenesis. In this study, we investigated the correlation between cervical carcinoma risk and XRCC3, XPD, XPG genetic variants. METHODS A case-control study of 40...