Mechanistic studies on DNA photolyase, II. Is the blue enzyme isolated from Escherichia coli a mutant?

doi:10.1016/0165-7992(91)90127-p

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Mechanistic studies on DNA photolyase, II. Is the blue enzyme isolated from Escherichia coli a mutant?

Mutation research - 1 Nov 1991

Begley T P

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The contrasting properties of the DNA photolyases isolated from Escherichia coli, and from Saccharomyces cerevisiae suggested the possibility that the E. coli enzyme may have suffered mutagenesis as a consequence of the extensive use of ultraviolet irradiation/photoreactivation as a selection tec...

Topics

Cloning, Molecular
Color
Deoxyribodipyrimidine Photo-Lyase
Escherichia coli
Mutation
Ultraviolet Rays

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