Nathan , Sheila and Mayne, Lynne (2000) DNA repair at the gene level in trichothiodystrophy cells. Sains Malaysiana, 29 . pp. 19-31. ISSN 0126-6039
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Abstract
Cells from trichothiodystrophy (TTD) group 3 patients are non-hypersensitive to uv irradiation. These cells perform normal genome repair of pyrimidine dimers but fail to excise 6-4 photoproducts and concomitantly, are unable to restore RNA synthesis levels following uv irradiation. This pointed to a defect in gene-specific repair and this study was undertaken to examine repair of dimers at the gene-level. The results indicated a defect in gene-specific repair of dimers at early times post-irradiation due to the inability of the cells to repair dimers from the transcribed strand of the active gene. These findings indicate that TTD group 3 cells are unable to remove DNA lesions preferentially and this might contribute to other inherent symptoms of these patients.
Item Type: | Article |
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Journal: | Sains Malaysiana |
ID Code: | 3779 |
Deposited By: | Mr Fazli Nafiah - |
Deposited On: | 20 Mar 2012 01:56 |
Last Modified: | 20 Mar 2012 01:56 |
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