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Repair of (6‐4) Lesions in DNA by (6‐4) Photolyase: 20 Years of Quest for the Photoreaction Mechanism

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Published in 2017 at "Photochemistry and Photobiology"

DOI: 10.1111/php.12696

Abstract: Exposure of DNA to ultraviolet (UV) light from the Sun or from other sources causes the formation of harmful and carcinogenic crosslinks between adjacent pyrimidine nucleobases, namely cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers and pyrimidine(6–4)pyrimidone photoproducts. Nature has… read more here.

Keywords: dna photolyase; lesions dna; repair lesions; photolyase years ... See more keywords