Reply to Brettel and Byrdin: On the efficiency of DNA repair by photolyase

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 109, Issue 23, 2012, Pages

  Zhong, Dongping ^a   Sancar, Aziz ^b   Stuchebrukhov, Alexei ^c  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBODIPYRIMIDINE PHOTOLYASE;

ABSORPTION; BINDING AFFINITY; DNA REPAIR; ELECTRON TRANSPORT; LETTER; NONPRODUCTIVE BACK ELECTRON TRANSFER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; QUANTUM YIELD; TITRIMETRY;

EID: 84861841796     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1204602109     Document Type: Letter

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