Mutation R(~warch, DNA Repair~ 273 (1992) 289-290 ~5 1992 Elsevier Science Publishers B.V. All rights reserved 0921-8777/92/$05.(~f)

Contents

Volume 273 (!992)

Workshop on DNA repair A.R. Lehmann, J.H.J. Hoeijmakers, A.A. Van Zeeland. C.M.P. Backendorf. B.A. Bridges. A. Coliins. R.P.D. Fuchs, G.P. Margi:,on. R. Montesano. E. Moustacchi. A.T. Natarajan, M. Radman. A. Sarasin. E. Seeberg. C.A. StoP&. M. Stefanini. L.H. Thompson, G.P. Van der Schans. C.A. Weber and M.Z. Zdzienicka (Great Britain. The Netherlands)

Research Papers Differences in nucleotide and base DNA excision repair obselwed during mitogenic sfimuIation of bovine lymphowies

T.J. Schrader (Canada) UV endonuclease-mediated enhancement of UV survival in .VL_rococcv.~. luteus: evidence revea!ed b~ deficiency." in

the Uvr homolog H. Nakayama. S. Shiota and K. Umezu (Japan)

Biochemical heterogeneity in xeroderma pigmentosum comp!ementation group E S. Keeney. H. Wein and S. Linn (U.S.A.)

Defective DNA endonuclease activities in Fanconi's anemia col!s, cr~mplementation group, q and B M.W. Lambert. G.J. Tsongalis, W.C. Lambert. B. Hang a,~d D.D. Parrish (U.S.A.;

(6-4) Photoproducts and not c vc!obutane p.~rimidine dimers are the main UV-mduced mutagenic Iesio~s in Chinese hamster cells M.Z. Zdzienicka, J. Venema. D.L Mitchell. A. Van Hoffen. A.A. Van Zeetand, H. Vrieling. L.H.F. Mutlenders. P.H.M~ Lohman and J.W.I.M. Simons (The Netherlands, U.S.A.)

Identification of celiular factors the,', recognize UV-damaged DNA in Drosophffa ~3"~([~i;~gJ~aSle ~"

T. Todo and H. Ryo (Japan}

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Excision Repair Disorders and Human D N A Repair Mechanisms edited by B. Bridges and H. Takebe

PFcfa ce B. Bridges and H. Takebe (Great Britain and Jap.an}

] he XPD complementation group Insights into xeroderma pigmentosum. Cocka~'ne's syndrome and trichothiodystrophy R.T. Johnson and S. Squires (Great Britain)

DNA repair investigations in nine Italian patients affected by trichothiodystrophy M. StefaninL S. Giliani. T. Nardo. S. MarinonL V= Nazzaro. R. Rizzo and G. Trevi.~an ~itat}t

A comparison of the response of nnstimulated and stimu,~a~ed T-tymphocytes a~4 fibroblasts from normal xeroderma pigmentosum and trichothiodys'~rophy donors to the ~ethaJ action of UV-C C.F. Arlett. S.A. Harcourt. J. Cole. M.H.L Green and A.V. Anstey (Great Britain)

UV-C sensitivity of unstimulated and stimulated ~uman tymphoc.vtes from normal and xeroderma pigmentosum donors in the comet assay: A potential diagnostic technique M.H.L Green. J.E. Lowe. S.A. Harcourt. P. Akinluyi. T. Ro~e. 3. Cole. A.V. Anstey and C.F. Arlett {Great BritainI

The repair o! large DNA adducts in mammalian cells R. Waters. C.J. Jones. E.A. Martin. A.-L. Yang and N.J. Jones (Oueat Britain)

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Xeroderma pigmentc, sum cndonuclcase complexes show reduced activity on and affinity fi)r psoralen cross-linked nuclet)somal DNA D.D. Parrish. W.C. Lambert and M.W. Lambert (U.S.A.)

Elevated /wrt mutant frequency in circulating Tdymphocytes of xeroderma pigmeniosum patients J. Cole, C.F. Arlett, P.G. Norris, G. Stcphcns, A.P.W. Waugh, D.M. Beare and M.tI.L Green (Great Britain)

Co-recessive inheritance: A model for DNA repai~ and other surveilhmce genes in higher cukaryotes W.C. Lambert and M.W. Lambert (U.S.A.J

Three nonsense mutations responsible for group m xeroderma pigmentostml I. Satokata, K. Tanaka, N. Miura, M. Narita, T. Mimaki, Y, Satoh. S. Kondo and Y. Okada (Japan)

Identification of splicing mutations of the last nucleotides of ~:xons. a nonsense mutation, and a misscnse mutation of the XPAC gent its causes of group A xeroderma pigmentosum I. Satokata, K. Tanaka, S. Yuba and Y. Okada (Japan)

UV-induced base substitution mutations in a shuttle vector plasmid propagated in group C xeroderma pigmentosum cells T. Yagi. M. Sato, J. Tatsumi-Miyajima and H. Takebe (Japan)

C,~rrctation between DNA methylation and expression of O%methylguanine-DNA methyltran:~fcrase gent in cul- tured human tumor ceils Y. Wang. T. Kato. H. Ayaki, K. lshizaki. K. Tano, S. Mitra and M. tkenaga (Japan, U.S.A.)

Mitochondrial DNA repair by phoiolyase A. Yasui, H. Yajima, T, Kobayashi, A.P.M. Eker and A. Oikawa (Japan. The Netherlands)

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C(m[erence Report Joint Workshop on DNA repair mechanisms and embryo manipulation Report of the Third Annual Workshop of the Institute for Molecular and Cellular Biology. Osaka University. held in Osaka (Japan). 21-23 January 1991 K. Tanaka (Japan) 237

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Research PcqJers Sensitivity and single-strand DNA break repair in Chinese hamster mutants exposed to the carcinogen aflatoxin B~

cpoxide and its dichloride model E.A. Martin and R. Waters (Great Britain)

Properties of a monockmal antibody for the delection of abasic sites, a common DNA lesion B.-X. Chcn. K. Kubo. H. Ide. B.F. Erlanger, S.S, Wallace and Y.W. Kow (U.S.A.)

Molecular cloning and DNA sequencing of the radC gene of Escherk'hia coil K-t2 1. Felzenszwalb, S. Boiteux and J. Laval (France)

Increased resistance to the toxic effects of alkylating agents in tobacco expressing the E. coil DNA repair gene ada K. Angelis. J. Bf[za. J. Satava, 1. Ski~kaL J. Veleminsk~, J, Vlasf, k, K. Kteibl and G.P. Mmgison (Czechoslovakia, UK)

Evidence for excision repair in promitochondna[ DNA of anaerobic cells of Saccharomyces ce;rli.si~w K. Pasupathy and D,S, Pradhan (India}

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