Mutagenic DNA Polymerase in Human Leukemic Cells
- 1 January 1973
- journal article
- Published by Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
- Vol. 70 (1) , 245-249
- https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.70.1.245
Abstract
Evidence is presented that DNA polymerases from human leukemic cells are mutagenic. Nucleic acid-free extracts of acute lymphoblastic leukemic cells polymerized about 10-times more dCTP using poly(dA-dT)·poly(dA-dT) as a template than did extracts from normal lymphocytes. Mutagenic DNA polymerases could perhaps play an important role in tumor progression.Keywords
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