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Similar nucleotide excision repair capacity in melanocytes and melanoma cells.
Cancer research - 15 Jun 2010
Gaddameedhi Shobhan, Kemp Michael G, Reardon Joyce T, Shields Janiel M, Smith-Roe Stephanie L, Kaufmann William K, Sancar Aziz
Abstract excerpt
Sunlight UV exposure produces DNA photoproducts in skin that are repaired solely by nucleotide excision repair in humans. A significant fraction of melanomas are thought to result from UV-induced DNA damage that escapes repair; however, little evidence is available about the functional capacity o...
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