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Biophysical Journal 12: 1183-1191 (1972)
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DNA Chain Elongation and Joining in Normal Human and Xeroderma Pigmentosum Cells after Ultraviolet Irradiation

Steven N. Buhl, R. M. Stillman, R. B. Setlow and James D. Regan

ABSTRACT

DNA synthesized in human cells after ultraviolet (UV) irradiation is made in segments of lower molecular weight than in unirradiated cells. Within several hours after irradiation these smaller units are both elongated and joined together. This repair process has been observed in normal human fibroblasts, HeLa cells, and fibroblasts derived from three types of xeroderma pigmentosum patients—uncomplicated with respect to neurological problems, complicated (de Sanctis-Cacchione syndrome), and one with the clinical symptoms of xeroderma pigmentosum but with normal repair replication. The ability of human cells to elongate and to join DNA strands despite the presence of pyrimidine dimers enables them to divide without excising the dimers present in their DNA. It may be this mechanism which enables xeroderma pigmentosum cells to tolerate small doses of UV radiation.






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