Base excision repair of cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers

Mutation Research - DNA Repair

Volumn 408, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 159-170

  Lloyd, R Stephen ^a  

^a Univ T   (United States)

Author keywords

Base excision; Cyclobutane; Pyrimidine dimer

Indexed keywords

CYCLOBUTANE DERIVATIVE; DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE; PYRIMIDINE DIMER;

DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; EXCISION REPAIR; HUMAN; MOUSE; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 0031712851     PISSN: 09218777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8777(98)00032-9     Document Type: Article

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