Mitochondrial DNA replication proceeds via a 'bootlace'mechanism involving the incorporation of processed transcripts

A Reyes, L Kazak, SR Wood, T Yasukawa… - Nucleic acids …, 2013 - academic.oup.com
The observation that long tracts of RNA are associated with replicating molecules of
mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) suggests that the mitochondrial genome of mammals is copied …

Acquired immunogenicity of human DNA damaged by N‐hydroxy‐N‐acetyl‐4‐aminobiphenyl

U Shahab, Moinuddin, S Ahmad, K Dixit… - IUBMB …, 2012 - Wiley Online Library
Aminobiphenyl, a known carcinogen, has many environmental sources like cigarette smoke,
industrial waste, and so forth. It can be metabolized to form a potent mutagen, N‐hydroxy‐N …

Antigen binding characteristics of antibodies induced against nitric oxide modified plasmid DNA

K Dixit, R Ali - Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-General Subjects, 2001 - Elsevier
Nitric oxide (NO) generated by the reduction of sodium nitrite with sodium dithionite caused
damage to plasmid Bluescript DNA leading to strand breaks and base modifications. The …

Neo-epitopes on crotonaldehyde modified DNA preferably recognize circulating autoantibodies in cancer patients

B ul Islam, P Ahmad, G Rabbani, K Dixit, Moinuddin… - Tumor Biology, 2016 - Springer
DNA damage is one of the leading causes of various pathological conditions including
carcinogenesis. Crotonaldehyde is a 4-carbon unsaturated bifunctional aldehyde which is …

Genotoxicity and immunogenicity of crotonaldehyde modified human DNA

BU Islam, R Mahmood, A Ali - International journal of biological …, 2014 - Elsevier
DNA damage plays an important role in mutagenesis, carcinogenesis, aging and several
other pathophysiological conditions. Crotonaldehyde is a four carbon unsaturated …

Antigen binding characteristics of experimentally-induced antibodies against hydroxyl radical modified native DNA

BT Ashok, R Ali - Autoimmunity, 1999 - Taylor & Francis
Hydroxyl radical, generated by UV irradiation of hydrogen peroxide caused damage to
native calf thymus DNA leading to strand breaks, base modification and decrease in melting …

Immunochemical detection of oxidative DNA damage in cancer and aging using anti-reactive oxygen species modified DNA monoclonal antibody

BT Ashok, J Ahmad, R Ali - The International Journal of Biochemistry & Cell …, 1998 - Elsevier
The formation of reactive oxygen species (ROS), although a normal cellular activity, is
considerably enhanced under chronic inflammatory conditions and ischemia. These species …

Oxygen free radical modified DNA: Implications in the etiopathogenesis of Systemic lupus erythematosus

S Khan, R Alam, Moinuddin, A Ali - Indian Journal of Clinical Biochemistry, 2009 - Springer
The present study was designed to probe the possible role of singlet oxygen and superoxide
anion radical modified DNA in the etiopathogenesis of Systemic lupus erythematosus …

Polydeoxyribonucleotide C photoconjugated with lysine or arginine present unique epitopes for human anti-DNA autoantibodies

K Dixit, H Ahsan, A Ali - Human immunology, 2003 - Elsevier
Studies have been carried out to synthesize and characterize the photoconjugates between
positively charged amino acids (lysine and arginine) and the polydeoxyribonucleotide C …

Antigenicity of poly (I) and ROS-poly (I) and their recognition of human anti-DNA autoantibodies

S Tasneem, R Ali - Immunological investigations, 2001 - Taylor & Francis
The effect of hydroxyl radicals on polyinosinic acid [poly (I)] was studied. Strand breaks,
base alteration and a decrease in absorbance at 248 nm (λmax) were observed upon• OH …