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Learning from directed evolution: Thermus aquaticus DNA polymerase mutants with translesion synthesis activity.
Chembiochem : a European journal of chemical biology - 4 Jul 2011
Obeid Samra, Schnur Andreas, Gloeckner Christian, Blatter Nina, Welte Wolfram, Diederichs Kay, Marx Andreas
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DNA is being constantly damaged by endo- and exogenous agents such as reactive oxygen species, chemicals, radioactivity, and ultraviolet radiation. Additionally, DNA is inherently labile, and this can result in, for example, the spontaneous hydrolysis of the glycosidic bond that connects the sugar and the nucleobase moieties in DNA; this results in abasic sites. It has long been obscure how cells achieve DNA...
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