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Alternative repair pathways for UV-induced DNA damage by Yasui, Akira, McCready, Shirley J.

“…Ultraviolet light (UV) is thought to have had a major impact on the early evolution of life. UV is absorbed by nucleic acids and produces several types of DNA…”
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An immunoassay for measuring repair of UV photoproducts by McCready, Shirley

“…A method is described that makes use of a polyclonal antiserum to measure repair of the principal photoproducts induced in DNA by short-wave ultraviolet light…”
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A dot-blot immunoassay for measuring repair of ultraviolet photoproducts by McCready, Shirley

“…The method described here makes use of a polyclonal antiserum to measure repair of the principal photoproducts induced in DNA by short-wave ultraviolet light…”
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Transcriptional responses to biologically relevant doses of UV-B radiation in the model archaeon, Halobacterium sp. NRC-1 by Boubriak, Ivan, Ng, Wooi Loon, DasSarma, Priya, DasSarma, Shiladitya, Crowley, David J, McCready, Shirley J

“…Most studies of the transcriptional response to UV radiation in living cells have used UV doses that are much higher than those encountered in the natural…”
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An immunoassay for measuring repair of ultraviolet photoproducts by McCready, Shirley

“…A method is described that makes use of a polyclonal antiserum to measure repair of the principal photoproducts induced in DNA by short-wave ultraviolet light…”
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The repair of ultraviolet light-induced DNA damage in the halophilic archaebacteria, Halobacterium cutirubrum, Halobacterium halobium and Haloferax volcanii by MCCREADY, S

“…Extremely halophilic archaebacteria have been reported to have no capacity for dark repair (excision repair) of ultraviolet damage and to rely on very…”
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Repair of UV damage in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe by McCready, S J, Osman1, F, Yasui, A

“…This review is concerned with repair and tolerance of UV damage in the fission yeast, Schizosaccharomyces pombe and with the differences between Sch. pombe and…”
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UV irradiation induces homologous recombination genes in the model archaeon, Halobacterium sp. NRC-1 by McCready, Shirley, Müller, Jochen A, Boubriak, Ivan, Berquist, Brian R, Ng, Wooi Loon, DasSarma, Shiladitya

“…A variety of strategies for survival of UV irradiation are used by cells, ranging from repair of UV-damaged DNA, cell cycle arrest, tolerance of unrepaired UV…”
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Fission yeast rad17: a homologue of budding yeast RAD24 that shares regions of sequence similarity with DNA polymerase accessory proteins by Griffiths, D.J.F, Barbet, N.C, McCready, S, Lehmann, A.R, Carr, A.M

“…Following DNA damage or a block to DNA synthesis, checkpoint pathways act to arrest mitosis and prevent the attempted segregation of damaged or unreplicated…”
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The genetic control of spontaneous and UV-induced mitotic intrachromosomal recombination in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe by Osman, F, Adriance, M, McCready, S

“…An artificially created non-tandem hetero-allelic duplication was constructed to assay mitotic intrachromosomal recombination in Schizosaccharomyces pombe. Two…”
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Excision repair in the yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae by McCready, S J, Boyce, J M, Cox, B S

“…cdc9 mutants of yeast lack detectable DNA ligase activity at restrictive temperatures. They also appear to be more sensitive than wild-type cells to…”
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Characterization of the alternative excision repair pathway of UV-damaged DNA in Schizosaccharomyces pombe by Yonemasu, R, McCready, S.J, Murray, J.M, Osman, F, Takao, M, Yamamoto, K, Lehmann, A.R, Yasui, A

“…Schizosaccharomyces pombe cells deficient in nucleotide excision repair (NER) are still able to remove photoproducts from cellular DNA, showing that there is a…”
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Repair of cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers and 6-4 photoproducts in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe by McCready, S, Carr, A M, Lehmann, A R

“…We have measured repair of both of the major lesions induced by ultraviolet irradiation (cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers and 6-4 photoproducts) in wild-type…”
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Reverse transcriptase activity and Ty RNA are associated with virus-like particles in yeast by Mellor, Jane, Malim, Michael H, Gull, Keith, Tuite, Mick F, McCready, Shirley, Dibbayawan, Teresa, Kingsman, Susan M, Kingsman, Alan J

“…The Ty element of yeast represents a class of eukaryotic transposons that show remarkable structural similarity to retroviral proviruses. Recently, these…”
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Repair of 6-4 photoproducts and cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers in rad mutants of Saccharomyces cerevisiae by McCready, S

“…Repair rates of both pyrimidine-pyrimidone (6-4) photoproducts and cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers have been measured in the UV-sensitive mutants of…”
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The Dominant PNM2(-) Mutation Which Eliminates the {psi} Factor of Saccharomyces cerevisiae Is the Result of a Missense Mutation in the SUP35 Gene by Doel, S. M, McCready, S. J, Nierras, C. R, Cox, B. S

“…The PNM2- mutation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae eliminates the extrachromosomal element psi. PNM2 is closely linked to the omnipotent suppressor gene SUP35…”
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Transcriptional responses to biologically relevant doses of UV-B radiation in the model archaeon, Halobacteriumsp. NRC-1 by Boubriak, Ivan, Ng, Wooi Loon, DasSarma, Priya, DasSarma, Shiladitya, Crowley, David J, McCready, Shirley J

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Mitochondrial DNA of the human malarial parasite Plasmodium falciparum by Gardner, M J, Bates, P A, Ling, I T, Moore, D J, McCready, S, Gunasekera, M B, Wilson, R J, Williamson, D H

“…Covalently closed circular DNA molecules were isolated from Plasmodium falciparum total DNA by isopycnic centrifugation in CsCl gradients containing either…”
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Differential effects of caffeine on DNA damage and replication cell cycle checkpoints in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe by Osman, F, McCready, S

“…Caffeine potentiates the lethal effects of ultraviolet and ionising radiation on wild-type Schizosaccharomyces pombe cells. In previous studies this was…”
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Benefit and cost of PhD research by McCready, Shirley, Simper, Richard

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