title: Inducible repair of thymine ring saturation damage in phi X174 DNA.
abstract: The susceptibility to inducible SOS repair of 5,6-dihydroxy-dihydrothymine (t') damage in single-stranded phi X174 DNA has been measured. Following exposure to osmium tetroxide, which introduces t' damage in DNA under the conditions used, biological survival of the DNA infected into spheroplasts of Escherichia coli which had received prior exposure to ultraviolet light was higher than in unexposed spheroplasts. From our results, we conclude that approximately 63% of the biological damage from t' products, which is one of the classes of damage present in DNA following ionizing radiation, is susceptible to repair by the inducible SOS repair system.
mesh_terms: D010584:Bacteriophage phi X 174 / Q000528:radiation effects*; D011088:DNA Ligases / Q000494:pharmacology; D004260:DNA Repair; D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded / Q000528:radiation effects; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000528:radiation effects*; D009993:Osmium Tetroxide / Q000494:pharmacology; D013936:Thymidine / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000031:analogs & derivatives
chemical_list: D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded; D004279:DNA, Viral; C029390:thymidine glycol; D011088:DNA Ligases; D009993:Osmium Tetroxide; D013936:Thymidine