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Efficient DNA base excision repair in ataxia telangiectasia cells.
European journal of biochemistry - 1 Dec 2000
Cappelli E, Rossi O, Chessa L, Frosina G
Abstract excerpt
Ataxia telangiectasia (A-T) cells are sensitive to a broad range of free-radical-producing and alkylating agents. Damage caused by such agents is in part repaired by base excision [base excision repair (BER)]. Two BER pathways have been demonstrated in mammalian cells: a single-nucleotide-insertion pathway and a long-patch pathway involving resynthesis of 2-10 nucleotides. Although early studies failed to detect...
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