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. 1975 Apr;122(1):341–344. doi: 10.1128/jb.122.1.341-344.1975

Demonstration That Thymine Dimers are Excised as Oligonucleotides from Specifically Incised Ultraviolet-Irradiated Deoxyribonucleic Acid

Gary Pawl 1, Hanoch Slor 1, Errol C Friedberg *
PMCID: PMC235678  PMID: 164436

Abstract

The average size of the dimer-containing acid-soluble oligonucleotides after incubation of specifically incised DNA with two dimer excising nuclease activities has been determined to be about 8 nucleotides.

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