Ultraviolet light-resistant primary transfectants of xeroderma pigmentosum cells are also DNA repair-proficient

Merav Stark*, Tova Naiman, Dan Canaani

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Abstract

In a previous work, an immortal xeroderma pigmentosum cell line belonging to complementation group C was complemented to a UV-resistant phenotype by transfection with a human cDNA clone library. We now report that the primary transformants selected for UV-resistance also acquired normal levels of DNA repair. This was assessed both by measurement of UV-induced [3H]thymidine incorporation and by equilibrium sedimentation analysis of repair-DNA synthesis. Therefore, the transduced DNA element which confers normal UV-resistance also corrects the excision repair defect of the xeroderma pigmentosum group C cell line.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1351-1356
Number of pages6
JournalBiochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
Volume162
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - 15 Aug 1989

Funding

FundersFunder number
Hareli Cancer Research Fund
Israel Cancer Research Fund
United States-Israel Binational Science Foundation
Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities

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