War without Weapons-Constitution of Healthy and Pathological Phenotypes Associated with Polymorphisms in Genes Involved in the Maintenance of Genome Integrity

• Published in: Biotechnology, biotechnological equipment Vol. 26; no. 4; pp. 3073 - 3078
• Main Authors: Oluwaseun, Omoboye Adebola, Khalil, Hilal S.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Sofia Taylor & Francis 01.08.2012; Taylor & Francis Ltd
• Subjects: Aging; capacity for DNA repair; Damage; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; DNA damage; DNA polymorphisms; DNA repair; Genes; Genomes; Health risks; HMGA1; Integrity; Maintenance; Phenotypes; Repair

Capacity to repair DNA damage may vary significantly between individuals coming out as healthy on routine physical and laboratory examinations. This variance does not generally cause distress or disease unless in case that specific triggers are present, but, taken together with other factors, may in...