DNA repair: How yeast repairs radical damage

نویسنده

  • Richard P. Cunningham
چکیده

Cloning of the OGG1 gene from Saccharomyces cerevisiae has revealed that DNA glycosylases are not necessarily conserved throughout phylogeny, yet there is a DNA-repair protein superfamily with a wide substrate specificity found from bacteria to man.

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • Current Biology

دوره 6  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 1996