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. 1980 Apr;142(1):322–324. doi: 10.1128/jb.142.1.322-324.1980

Ultraviolet-endonuclease activity in cell extracts of Saccharomyces cerevisiae mutants defective in excision of pyrimidine dimers.

M L Bekker, O K Kaboev, A T Akhmedov, L A Luchkina
PMCID: PMC293959  PMID: 6246068

Abstract

Cell-free extracts of ultraviolet-sensitive mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae defective in excision of pyrimidine dimers, rad1, rad2, rad3, rad4, rad10, and rad16, as well as the extracts of the wild-type strain RAD+, display ultraviolet-endonuclease activity.

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