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Translesion “mutator” polymerases

(Brotcorne-Lannoye and Maenhaut-Michel 1986; Maenhaut-Michel and Caillet-Fauquet 1990; Maenhaut-Michel, Janel-Bintz et al. 1992; Sommer, Knezevic et al. 1993; Kim, Maenhaut-Michel et al. 1997; Reuven, Arad et al. 1999; Wagner, Gruz et al. 1999; Napolitano, Janel-Bintz et al. 2000; Kim, Matsui et al. 2001; Lawrence and Maher 2001; Lawrence and Maher 2001; Fuchs, Fujii et al. 2004; Plosky and Woodgate 2004; Prakash, Johnson et al. 2005; Kuban, Banach-Orlowska et al. 2006; Shcherbakova and Fijalkowska 2006; Fuchs and Fujii 2007; Fujii and Fuchs 2007; Jia, Geacintov et al. 2008; Koskiniemi and Andersson 2009; Sabouri and Johansson 2009; Waters, Minesinger et al. 2009; Andersson, Koskiniemi et al. 2010; Arana and Kunkel 2010; Eoff, Choi et al. 2010; Hastings, Hersh et al. 2010; Hirota, Sonoda et al. 2010; Ho and Scharer 2010; Hoffmann and Cazaux 2010; Livneh, Ziv et al. 2010; Patel, Jiang et al. 2010; Eccles, O'Neill et al. 2011; Herr, Williams et al. 2011; Sage and Harrison 2011)

 

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