Nucleotide Excision
Repair
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Carried out by a multi-protein complex
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Removes bulky adducts from DNA, e.g.
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Pyrimidine dimers caused by UV
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Benzopyrene-DNA adducts
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Nearby nucleotides are also excised
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Resulting single-strand gap is filled in by
polymerase
©2000 Lee Bardwell