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AP endonuclease independent repair of abasic sites in Schizosaccharomyces pombe.
Nucleic acids research - 1 Mar 2012
Nilsen Line, Forstrøm Rune J, Bjørås Magnar, Alseth Ingrun
Abstract excerpt
Abasic (AP) sites are formed spontaneously and are inevitably intermediates during base excision repair of DNA base damages. AP sites are both mutagenic and cytotoxic and key enzymes for their removal are AP endonucleases. However, AP endonuclease independent repair initiated by DNA glycosylases performing β,δ-elimination cleavage of the AP sites has been described in mammalian cells. Here, we describe another AP...
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