Endonuclease from Dictyostelium discoideum that attacks ultraviolet-irradiated deoxyribonucleic acid

J Bacteriol. 1975 Mar;121(3):1211-3. doi: 10.1128/jb.121.3.1211-1213.1975.

Abstract

An endonuclease activity yielding single-strand breaks in ultraviolet light-irradiated phiX-174 RF I DNA in vitro has been detected in homogenates of the amoebae of the cellular slime mold, Dictyostelium discoideum.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Cattle
  • Cell Fractionation
  • Centrifugation, Density Gradient
  • DNA
  • DNA, Bacterial / metabolism*
  • DNA, Bacterial / radiation effects
  • Deoxyribonucleases / metabolism*
  • Endonucleases / metabolism*
  • Myxomycetes / enzymology*
  • Radiation Effects
  • Thymidine
  • Thymus Gland
  • Tritium
  • Ultraviolet Rays*

Substances

  • DNA, Bacterial
  • Tritium
  • DNA
  • Deoxyribonucleases
  • Endonucleases
  • Thymidine