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A nuclease function of DNA polymerase excises mismatched regions of DNA. Exercise of its multiple functions in vivo might enable this enzyme to participate in the excision and repair of DNA lesions, as well as in replication of DNA.
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KELLY, R., ATKINSON, M., HUBERMAN, J. et al. Excision of Thymine Dimers and Other Mismatched Sequences by DNA Polymerase of Escherichia coli. Nature 224, 495–501 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/224495a0
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