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. 2011 Nov 8;40(5):2065–2075. doi: 10.1093/nar/gkr905

Figure 1.

Figure 1.

The intermediates of base excision repair. The different 3′-moieties generated during base excision repair. 3′-OH products are competent for further repair by DNA polymerase and ligase, while 3′–3′-Ald and 3′-PO4 cannot be extended by DNA polymerase and are thus blocking lesions.