It's all about position: The basal layer of human epidermis is particularly susceptible to different types of sunlight-induced DNA damage

Journal of Investigative Dermatology

Volumn 132, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 265-267

  Halliday, Gary M ^a,c   Cadet, Jean ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b CEA GRENOBLE   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

8 HYDROXYDEOXYGUANOSINE; PYRIMIDINE DIMER; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

ANTIOXIDANT ACTIVITY; BASEMENT MEMBRANE; CANCER RISK; CELL DIVISION; CHROMATOPHORE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; EPIDERMIS; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; KERATINOCYTE; MUTAGENICITY; MUTATION; PHOTOSENSITIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION ABSORPTION; REVIEW; SKIN CARCINOGENESIS; SKIN SENSITIVITY; SUN EXPOSURE; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION;

EID: 84855969426     PISSN: 0022202X     EISSN: 15231747     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/jid.2011.281     Document Type: Note

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