Replication through an abasic DNA lesion: structural basis for adenine selectivity
Obeid, S., Blatter, N., Kranaster, R., Schnur, A., Diederichs, K., Welte, W., Marx, A.(2010) EMBO J 29: 1738-1747
- PubMed: 20400942 
- DOI: 10.1038/emboj.2010.64
- Primary Citation of Related Structures:  
3LWL, 3LWM - PubMed Abstract: 
Abasic sites represent the most frequent DNA lesions in the genome that have high mutagenic potential and lead to mutations commonly found in human cancers. Although these lesions are devoid of the genetic information, adenine is most efficiently inserted when abasic sites are bypassed by DNA polymerases, a phenomenon termed A-rule ...