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A gene required for the novel activation of a class II DNA photolyase in Chlamydomonas.
Nucleic acids research - 1 Nov 2001
Petersen J L, Small G D
Abstract excerpt
DNA photolyases catalyze the blue light-dependent repair of UV light-induced damage in DNA. DNA photolyases are specific for either cyclobutane-type pyrimidine dimers or (6-4) photoproducts. PHR2 is a gene that in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii encodes a class II DNA photolyase which catalyzes the photorepair of cyclobutane-type pyrimidine dimers. Based on amino acid sequence analysis of PHR2, which indicates the...
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