Nucleotide Excision Repair

View the animation below, then complete the quiz to test your knowledge of the concept.

1		What protein cuts the damaged DNA strand?
			A)	UvrB
			B)	UvrC
			C)	UvrD
			D)	UvrA
2		Which protein has a helicase function?
			A)	UvrB
			B)	UvrC
			C)	UvrD
			D)	UvrA
3		Which of the following synthesizes the new DNA strand?
			A)	DNA ligase
			B)	DNA polymerase
			C)	DNA helicase
			D)	UvrA-UvrB trimer
4		Nucleotide excision repair only repairs pyrimidine dimmers.
			A)	True
			B)	False
5		In nucleotide excision repair, both strands of the DNA are cut and repaired using DNA polymerase and DNA ligase.
			A)	True
			B)	False