Mismatch repair in mammalian cells
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Louise A. Heywood; Julian F. Burke
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Article
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1990
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John Wiley and Sons
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English
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A vital process in maintaining a low genetic error rate is the removal of mismatched bases in DNA. The importance of this process in E. coli is demonstrated by the 100-1000 fold increase in mutation frequency observed in cells deficient in this repair system"'. Mismatches can arise as a consequence