On the roles of urocanic acid in photoimmunosuppression: Attempted photorepair of urocanic acid-DNA cyclobutane adducts with DNA photolyase

Photochemistry and Photobiology

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 898-900

  Terrian, Deborah L ^a   Kuhl, C Nicole ^a   Tessman, Irwin ^b   Morrison, Harry ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYCLOBUTANE DERIVATIVE; DEOXYRIBODIPYRIMIDINE PHOTOLYASE; UROCANIC ACID;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATTLE; DNA ADDUCT; DNA REPAIR; IN VITRO STUDY; METABOLISM; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; CATTLE; CYCLOBUTANES; DEOXYRIBODIPYRIMIDINE PHOTO-LYASE; DNA ADDUCTS; DNA REPAIR; PHOTOCHEMISTRY; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; UROCANIC ACID;

EID: 0030156629     PISSN: 00318655     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-1097.1996.tb09648.x     Document Type: Article

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