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Hypersensitivity phenotypes associated with genetic and synthetic inhibitor-induced base excision repair deficiency.
DNA repair - 1 Apr 2007
Horton Julie K, Wilson Samuel H
Abstract excerpt
Single-base lesions in DNA are repaired predominantly by base excision repair (BER). DNA polymerase beta (pol beta) is the polymerase of choice in the preferred single-nucleotide BER pathway. The characteristic phenotype of mouse fibroblasts with a deletion of the pol beta gene is moderate hypersensitivity to monofunctional alkylating agents, e.g., methyl methanesulfonate (MMS). Increased sensitivity to MMS is...
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