DNA-DNA

T Matsuda1, K Bebenek, C Masutani

  • 1Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709, USA.

Nature
|May 9, 2000
PubMed
まとめ

人間のDNAポリメラーゼエタ (pol-eta) は,以前はエラーがないと考えられていたが,無傷のDNAをコピーする際に低精度を示している. このDNAポリメラーゼには校正が欠け,重要な塩基置換の誤りにつながり,その機能は厳格な制御を必要とすることを示唆しています.

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