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. 1973 Feb;73(2):297–302. doi: 10.1093/genetics/73.2.297

Repair of Uv-Induced Pyrimidine Dimers in DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER Cells in Vitro

James E Trosko 1, Kathy Wilder 1
PMCID: PMC1212892  PMID: 4633159

Abstract

Tissue culture cells of Drosophila melanogaster were given various doses of ultraviolet light. The results indicate that Drosophila cells do have a dark-repair excision mechanism which is not sensitive to caffeine. Pyrimidine dimers were destroyed by photoreactivating illumination in these cells and this destruction probably represents monomerization of the pyrimidine dimers.

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