Article
Intron conservation in a UV-specific DNA repair gene encoded by chlorella viruses.
Journal of molecular evolution - 1 Jan 2000
Sun L, Li Y, McCullough A K, Wood T G, Lloyd R S, Adams B, Gurnon J R, Van Etten J L
Abstract excerpt
Large dsDNA-containing chlorella viruses encode a pyrimidine dimer-specific glycosylase (PDG) that initiates repair of UV-induced pyrimidine dimers. The PDG enzyme is a homologue of the bacteriophage T4-encoded endonuclease V. The pdg gene was cloned and sequenced from 42 chlorella viruses isolated over a 12-year period from diverse geographic regions. Surprisingly, the pdg gene from 15 of these 42 viruses...
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