Nucleotide excision repair of DNA: The very early history

DNA Repair

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 668-672

  Friedberg, Errol C ^a  

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

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; NUCLEASE; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; POLYNUCLEOTIDE; PYRIMIDINE DIMER; THYMINE DERIVATIVE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXCISION REPAIR; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HISTORY OF MEDICINE; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; NONHUMAN; PARTICLE SIZE; PHOTOREACTIVATION; PLOIDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION DOSE; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WILD TYPE; YEAST CELL;

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; MUTATION; PYRIMIDINE DIMERS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 79960359076     PISSN: 15687864     EISSN: 15687856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2011.04.018     Document Type: Article

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