... characterization of Pol k from a higher plant, rice, using cDNA and recombinant proteins The results suggest that plant DNA Pol k is a DNA repair enzyme which functions in plant meristematic and ... S., Kasai, N., Shimazaki, N., Takemura, M., Asahara, H., Linn, S., Yshida, S., Matsukage, A. , Koiwai, O., Sugawara, F., Yoshida, H & Sakaguchi, K (2002) A plant phytotoxin, solanapyrone A, is an ... participates in alignment-based gap filling for nonhomologous DNA end joining [33] Therefore, Pol k may participate not only in BER but also in DNA doublestrand break repair and meiosis, and Pol b and...