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Targeted Inactivation of DNA Photolyase Genes in Medaka Fish (Oryzias latipes).
Photochemistry and photobiology - 1 Jan 2017
Ishikawa-Fujiwara Tomoko, Shiraishi Eri, Fujikawa Yoshihiro, Mori Toshio, Tsujimura Tohru, Todo Takeshi
Abstract excerpt
Proteins of the cryptochrome/photolyase family (CPF) exhibit sequence and structural conservation, but their functions are divergent. Photolyase is a DNA repair enzyme that catalyzes the light-dependent repair of ultraviolet (UV)-induced photoproducts, whereas cryptochrome acts as a photoreceptor or circadian clock protein. Two types of DNA photolyase exist: CPD photolyase, which repairs cyclobutane pyrimidine...
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