The discovery that xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) results from defective nucleotide excision repair

DNA Repair

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 183-195

  Friedberg, Errol C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA repair; Hereditary diseases; History; Xeroderma pigmentosum

Indexed keywords

CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; EXCISION REPAIR; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; HUMAN; MAMMAL; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SKIN CANCER; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SKIN FIBROBLAST; SUN EXPOSURE; SYMPTOM; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 0347360217     PISSN: 15687864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2003.10.007     Document Type: Article

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