A history of the DNA repair and mutagenesis field. I. The discovery of enzymatic photoreactivation.

DNA Repair

Volumn 33, Issue , 2015, Pages 35-42

  Friedberg, Errol C ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SYNTHESIS; EXCISION REPAIR; MUTAGENESIS; PHOTOREACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION; UNITED STATES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENETICS; HISTORY; METABOLISM; RADIATION RESPONSE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

LURIA;

DEOXYRIBODIPYRIMIDINE PHOTOLYASE;

DEOXYRIBODIPYRIMIDINE PHOTO-LYASE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; MUTAGENESIS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 84934758963     PISSN: 15687864     EISSN: 15687856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2015.06.007     Document Type: Article

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