Repair of UV-induced damage in wild-type and mutant strains of schizophyllum commune

Pnina Hundert*, Y. Koltin, Judith Stamberg, Ruth Wertzberger

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Abstract

The basidiomycete fungus Schizophyllum commune was found to have both photo-repair and dark-repair systems for UV-induced damage. Three UV-sensitive mutants were isolated and characterized for ability to repair UV-induced damage in light and dark, and for cross-sensitivity to caffeine and methyl methanesulfonate. Two of the mutants were damaged, to different extents, in their capacity for excision repair; one of these mutants was also probably damaged in post-replication repair. The third mutant was damaged only in post- replication repair.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)157-162
Number of pages6
JournalMutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis
Volume50
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - May 1978

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