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'Knock down' of DNA polymerase beta by RNA interference: recapitulation of null phenotype.
DNA repair - 2 Nov 2004
Polosina Yaroslava Y, Rosenquist Thomas A, Grollman Arthur P, Miller Holly
Abstract excerpt
DNA polymerase beta (pol beta) is the major DNA polymerase involved in the base excision repair (BER) pathway in mammalian cells and, as a consequence, BER is severely compromised in cells lacking pol beta. Pol beta null (-/-) mouse embryos are not viable and pol beta null cells are hypersensitive to alkylating agents. Using RNA interference (RNAi) technology in mouse cells, we have reduced the pol beta protein...
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