[Recent studies on mammalian DNA repair mechanisms].

Article

[Recent studies on mammalian DNA repair mechanisms].

Nihon rinsho. Japanese journal of clinical medicine - 1 Jun 1995

Tsuzuki T, Tominaga Y

Abstract excerpt

Errors in the replication of DNA are a major source of spontaneous mutation and a number of cellular functions correct these errors to maintain a low frequency of spontaneous mutation. First, we focused on two enzymes, 8-oxo-dGTPase and O6-methylguanine-DNA methyltransferase, which may be involve...

Topics

Animals
DNA Repair
DNA Replication
Escherichia coli
Humans
Mutation
Neoplasms

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