Functional nucleotide excision repair is required for the preferential removal of N-ethylpurines from the transcribed strand of the dihydrofolate reductase gene of Chinese hamster ovary cells

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 564-570

  Sitaram, Anuradha ^a   Plitas, George ^a   Wang, Wei ^a   Scicchitano, David A ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIHYDROFOLATE REDUCTASE; ETHYLNITROSOUREA; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CHO CELL; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA REPAIR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXCISION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA TRANSCRIPTION;

EID: 0031053309     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.2.564     Document Type: Article

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