How different wavelengths of the ultraviolet spectrum contribute to skin carcinogenesis: The role of cellular damage responses

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 127, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2103-2105

  Rünger, Thomas M ^a  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MELANIN;

APOPTOSIS; CELL DAMAGE; CELL FUNCTION; CELL PROTECTION; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA DAMAGE; HUMAN; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

EID: 34547919980     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.jid.5700988     Document Type: Note

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