Ratio between deamination rates of cytosine on single stranded and double stranded DNA

Value >=100 Fold
Organism Mammals
Reference Barnes DE, Lindahl T.Repair and genetic consequences of endogenous DNA base damage in mammalian cells.Annu Rev Genet. 200438:pp. 446PubMed ID15568983
Comments Hydrolytic deamination of cytosine in DNA generates the aberrant base, uracil.
Entered by Uri M
ID 102465