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Patterns of persistent DNA damage associated with sun exposure and the glutathione S-transferase M1 genotype in melanoma patients.
Photochemistry and photobiology - 1 Jan 2000
Steinberg Mark L, Hubbard Karen, Utti Charles, Clas Brian, Hwang Bor-Jang, Hill Helene Z, Orlow Irene
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Solar radiation can lead to changes affecting DNA metabolism resulting in loss of DNA integrity. Skin specimens obtained from melanoma patients treated at the Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center were used to study patterns of DNA fragmentation using the comet assay and levels of deletions in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) using real-time PCR. Skin specimens were classified according to the glutathione S-transferase...
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