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Complementation assays adapted for DNA repair-deficient keratinocytes.
Methods in molecular biology (Clifton, N.J.) - 1 Jan 2006
Fréchet Mathilde, Bergoglio Valérie, Chevallier-Lagente Odile, Sarasin Alain, Magnaldo Thierry
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Genetic alterations affecting nucleotide excision repair, the most versatile DNA-repair mechanism responsible for removal of bulky DNA adducts including ultraviolet (UV) light-induced DNA lesions, may result in the rare, recessively inherited autosomal syndromes xeroderma pigmentosum (XP), Cockayne syndrome (CS), or trichothiodystrophy (TTD). Classical approaches such as somatic cell fusions or microinjection...
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