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A UV-sensitive mutant of Arabidopsis defective in the repair of pyrimidine-pyrimidinone(6-4) dimers.
Science (New York, N.Y.) - 17 Sept 1993
Britt A B, Chen J J, Wykoff D, Mitchell D
Abstract excerpt
Plants are continually subjected to ultraviolet-B (UV-B) irradiation (290 to 320 nanometers) as a component of sunlight, which induces a variety of types of damage to the plant DNA. Repair of the two major DNA photoproducts was analyzed in wild-type Arabidopsis thaliana and in a mutant derivative whose growth was sensitive to UV-B radiation. In wild-type seedlings, repair of cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers occurred...
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