Mouse Work: New Insights on a Fundamental DNA Repair Mechanism

(PhysOrg.com) -- Adding a new link to our understanding of the complex chain of chemistry that keeps living cells alive, a team of researchers from the University of Vermont (UVM), the University of Utah, Vanderbilt University and the National Institute of Standards and Technology has demonstrated for the first time the specific activity of the protein NEIL3, one of a group responsible for maintaining the integrity of DNA in humans and other mammals. Their work reported last week sheds new light on a potentially important source of harmful DNA mutations.

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