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. 1975 Mar;27(3):407-9.
doi: 10.1016/0027-5107(75)90298-5.

Human cells repair DNA damaged by nitrous acid

R S Day 3rd

Human cells repair DNA damaged by nitrous acid

R S Day 3rd. Mutat Res. 1975 Mar.

Abstract

Cultured fibroblasts from normal persons or persons afflicted by xeroderma pigmentosum were used as hosts for adenovirus 2 infection. With xeroderma cells as hosts, nitrous acid-treated virus showed less plaque-forming ability than when normal cells were used, indicating that DNA damaged by nitrous acid is at least partly repaired by normal human cells.

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