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The consequence of translesional replication of unique UV-induced photoproducts.
Biological chemistry - 1 Nov 1997
Gentil A, Le Page F, Sarasin A
Abstract excerpt
The consequence of translesional replication of unique UV-induced photoproducts is reviewed here. Mutagenesis induced by unique UV-induced lesions, the thymine-thymine dimer (TT) and the thymine-thymine pyrimidine pyrimidone (6-4), [T(6-4)T] carried on single-stranded DNA vectors and replicated in bacteria, yeast and mammalian cells have been considered. It has been found that in all of the three species the (TT)...
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