Direct DNA Repair by Alkyltransferases

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Overview

Plants do not use this repair mechanism involving alkyltransferases. When alkylating agents add alkyl groups to the bases of nucleotides, damaging the DNA and causing errors, plants use the base excision repair mechanism to cut out the damaged nucleotide and then add a new one in its place.

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