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Vertebrate cells lacking FEN-1 endonuclease are viable but hypersensitive to methylating agents and H2O2.
Nucleic acids research - 15 Jul 2002
Matsuzaki Yasuo, Adachi Noritaka, Koyama Hideki
Abstract excerpt
The structure-specific FEN-1 endonuclease has been implicated in various cellular processes, including DNA replication, repair and recombination. In vertebrate cells, however, no in vivo evidence has been provided so far. Here, we knocked out the FEN-1 gene (FEN1) in the chicken DT40 cell line. Surprisingly, homozygous mutant (FEN1-/-) cells were viable, indicating that FEN-1 is not essential for cell...
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