Oxidized nucleotide insertion by pol β confounds ligation during base excision repair

Oxidative stress in cells leads to the oxidations of DNA precursors. Here the authors show that these oxidized precursors can be incorporatedin vivoduring base excision repair, leading to DNA breaks and cytotoxicity.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Melike Çağlayan, Julie K. Horton, Da-Peng Dai, Donna F. Stefanick, Samuel H. Wilson
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2017-01-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/ncomms14045