DNA STRAND BREAK METABOLISM IN HUMAN-LYMPHOCYTES - A REEVALUATION

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BOERRIGTER, METI
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[1] Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Hospital, Gerontology Division, Boston, MA 02215
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10.1016/0014-4827(91)90448-4
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R73 [肿瘤学];
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100214 ;
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Recent findings concerning the presumed existence of single-strand breaks (SSB) in quiescent human peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL) are discussed in relation to the role of poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation in DNA strand break metabolism. It is argued that the activation of poly(ADP-ribose)polymerase (ADPRP) by a DNA-damaging agent is not indicative of an obligatory role of poly(ADP-ribosyl)ation in DNA repair. From this it follows that SSB induced by different strand-breaking agents might be removed by either ADPRP-dependent or ADPRP-independent DNA repair pathways. © 1991.
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