DNA LOOP REPAIR BY HUMAN CELL-EXTRACTS

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作者
UMAR, A [1 ]
BOYER, JC [1 ]
KUNKEL, TA [1 ]
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[1] NIEHS,MOLEC GENET LAB,RES TRIANGLE PK,NC 27709
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10.1126/science.7973637
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O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
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07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
An activity in human cell extracts is described tt lat repairs DNA with loops of five or more unpaired bases. Repair is strand-specific and is directed by a nick located 5' or 3' to the loop. This repair is observed in a colorectal cancer cell line that is devoid of a wild-type hMLH1 gene and is deficient in repair of mismatches. However, a cell line with deletions in both hMSH2 alleles is deficient in repair of both loops and mismatches. Defects in loop repair may be relevant to the repetitive-sequence instability observed in cancers and other hereditary diseases.
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