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AP endonuclease deficiency results in extreme sensitivity to thymidine deprivation.
Nucleic acids research - 1 Jan 2005
Dornfeld Ken, Johnson Monika
Abstract excerpt
Thymidine depletion is toxic to virtually all actively growing cells. The fundamental mechanism responsible for thymidineless death remains unknown. One event thought to be critical in causing the toxicity of thymidine depletion is a sharp rise in the ratio of dUTP to dTTP and subsequent incorporation of dUTP into DNA. Maneuvers to alter dUTP levels appear to alter the toxicity of thymidine depletion. However,...
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