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Pyrimidine dimer dependent cleavage of single-stranded DNA by T4 UV endonuclease

Journal Article · · Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun.; (United States)
T4 UV endonuclease cleaves double- and single-stranded DNA with equal specificity for photo-pyrimidine dimers. Thus, the enzyme can be used for mapping and quantifying pyrimidine dimers in single-stranded DNA as well as in double-stranded DNA. Mapping of pyrimidine dimers shows that rates of UV-dimerization are not only affected by 5', 3' adjacent bases, but also by position within pyrimidine tracts. Di-pyrimidines at 3' ends of tracts are more photoreactive than those at 5' ends.
Research Organization:
Univ. of Minnesota Medical School, Minneapolis
OSTI ID:
6928398
Journal Information:
Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun.; (United States), Journal Name: Biochem. Biophys. Res. Commun.; (United States) Vol. 1; ISSN BBRCA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English