Structural basis for the recognition and cleavage of abasic DNA in Neisseria meningitidis.

Base excision repair (BER) is a highly conserved DNA repair pathway throughout all kingdoms from bacteria to humans. Whereas several enzymes are required to complete the multistep repair process of damaged bases, apurinic-apyrimidic (AP) endonucleases play an essential role in enabling the repair pr...

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Main Authors: Lu, D, Silhan, J, MacDonald, J, Carpenter, E, Jensen, K, Tang, C, Baldwin, G, Freemont, P
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2012

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