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Opposite-base dependent excision of 5-formyluracil from DNA by hSMUG1.
International journal of radiation biology - 1 May 2009
Knaevelsrud Ingeborg, Slupphaug Geir, Leiros Ingar, Matsuda Akira, Ruoff Peter, Bjelland Svein
Abstract excerpt
PURPOSE: The aim of this study was to determine the excision efficiency of hSMUG1 (human single-strand-selective monofunctional uracil-DNA glycosylase) for 5-formyluracil (fU), a major thymine lesion formed by ionizing radiation, opposite all normal bases in DNA, to possibly explain mutation induction by fU in the DNA of mammalian cells. MATERIALS AND METHODS: An enzymatically [(32)P]labelled fU-containing 36...
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