C→T transition mutations are not solely UVB-signature mutations, because they are also generated by UVA

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 128, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 2138-2140

  Rünger, Thomas M ^a,b  

^a BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CYSTEINE; THREONINE; CYTOSINE; DNA; THYMINE;

BASAL CELL CARCINOMA; CARCINOGENESIS; DNA DAMAGE; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; IN VIVO STUDY; MELANOMA; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PHOTOAGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SKIN CANCER; SQUAMOUS CELL CARCINOMA; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET B RADIATION; ANIMAL; CELL CULTURE; CYTOLOGY; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOUSE; MUTATION; PATHOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RADIATION INJURY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; SKIN; SKIN TUMOR; TRANSGENIC MOUSE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ANIMALS; CARCINOMA, SQUAMOUS CELL; CELLS, CULTURED; CYTOSINE; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA, NEOPLASM; MICE; MICE, TRANSGENIC; MUTATION; NEOPLASMS, RADIATION-INDUCED; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SKIN; SKIN NEOPLASMS; THYMINE; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 49549093204     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2008.165     Document Type: Note

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