Two long-term lymphoid lines were established from a patient with xeroderma pigmentosum (XP). The cells of these lines showed a marked increase in sensitivity to ultraviolet light when compared to non-XP lymphoid lines. Such XP lines should be useful in the study of the DNA repair defect associated with XP.
No takes yet. Share an insight, caveat, or question.
Andrews et al. (1974) studied this question.