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XB-ART-26528
Mol Cell Biol 1989 Sep 01;99:3750-7. doi: 10.1128/mcb.9.9.3750-3757.1989.
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Repair of a synthetic abasic site in DNA in a Xenopus laevis oocyte extract.

Matsumoto Y , Bogenhagen DF .


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Covalently closed circular DNA containing a synthetic analog of an abasic site at a unique position was used as a substrate to study DNA repair. Incubation of this DNA in Xenopus laevis oocyte extracts resulted in rapid cleavage of the DNA at the abasic site by a class II apurinic-apyrimidinic endonuclease, followed by complete repair within 40 min. Nicked circular DNAs persisted for several minutes before repair by an ATP-dependent DNA synthesis reaction. The repair-related DNA synthesis was localized within 3 or 4 nucleotides surrounding the abasic site. These results are consistent with the short-patch repair reported for DNA damage at heterogeneous sites in human cells (J. D. Regan and R. B. Setlow, Cancer Res. 34:3318-3325, 1974).

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Species referenced: Xenopus laevis

References [+] :
Bailly, Possible roles of beta-elimination and delta-elimination reactions in the repair of DNA containing AP (apurinic/apyrimidinic) sites in mammalian cells. 1988, Pubmed