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Spontaneously occurring mutations in the cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer photolyase gene cause different sensitivities to ultraviolet-B in rice.
The Plant journal : for cell and molecular biology - 1 Jul 2005
Hidema Jun, Teranishi Mika, Iwamatsu Yutaka, Hirouchi Tokuhisa, Ueda Tadamasa, Sato Tadashi, Burr Benjamin, Sutherland Betsy M, Yamamoto Kazuo, Kumagai Tadashi
Abstract excerpt
Sensitivity to ultraviolet-B (UVB) radiation (280-320 nm) varies widely among rice cultivars. We previously indicated that UV-resistant rice cultivars are better able to repair cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs) through photorepair than are UV-sensitive cultivars. In this paper, we report that UVB sensitivity in rice, in part, is the result of defective CPD photolyase alleles. Surjamkhi (indica) exhibited...
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