The similarity of action spectra for thymine dimers in human epidermis and erythema suggests that DNA is the chromophore for erythema

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 111, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 982-988

  Young, Antony R ^a,d   Chadwick, Caroline A ^b   Harrison, Graham I ^a   Nikaido, Osamu ^c   Ramsden, Jonathan ^b   Potten, Christopher S ^b  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b CHRISTIE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c KANAZAWA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d ST THOMAS HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer; Dermal DNA photodamage

Indexed keywords

DIMER; DNA; MONOCLONAL ANTIBODY; THYMINE;

ADULT; ARTICLE; CHROMATOPHORE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; EPIDERMIS; ERYTHEMA; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; HUMAN TISSUE; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION;

EID: 0032448156     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1523-1747.1998.00436.x     Document Type: Article

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