| Literature DB >> 769158 |
Abstract
Analyses of various organisms for DNA polymerase-beta activity show that the enzyme is widely distributed in cells from multicellular animals but absent in bacteria, plants, and protozoa. These results suggest that DNA polymerase-beta may have evolved with the development of metazoan forms. Further evolutionary changes of the enzyme protein may account for some of the minor differences in properties of the enzyme in various organisms.Entities:
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Year: 1976 PMID: 769158 DOI: 10.1126/science.769158
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Science ISSN: 0036-8075 Impact factor: 47.728