Nucleotide Excision Repair

question 16

Multiple Choice

Nucleotide excision repair:

• A) involves a multisubunit enzyme.
• B) preferentially repairs genes that are being actively transcribed.
• C) involves making nicks on either side of a DNA lesion.
• D) uses helicase, polymerase and ligase to repair the DNA.
• E) all of the above.

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