A slot blot method for detection of ultraviolet photoproducts in DNA

Xiaoqi Liu, Michael J. Smerdon

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Abstract

A simple new method was established to detect the major uv photoproducts in DNA. A slot blot method, involving the use of T4 DNA polymerase-associated (3′ → 5′) exonuclease digestion of uv-irradiated DNA, was used to detect (primarily) cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers and pyrimidine-pyrimidone (6-4) dimers. Hydrolysis of DNA by this enzyme is quantitatively blocked by both of these photoproducts. To detect (primarily) (6-4) dimers, Escherichia coli DNA photolyase was utilized to specifically reverse cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)323-328
Number of pages6
JournalAnalytical Biochemistry
Volume229
Issue number2
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 1995

Funding

FundersFunder number
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)R37ES002614

    ASJC Scopus subject areas

    • Biophysics
    • Biochemistry
    • Molecular Biology
    • Cell Biology

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