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DNA quality control by a lesion sensor pocket of the xeroderma pigmentosum group D helicase subunit of TFIIH.
Current biology : CB - 4 Feb 2013
Mathieu Nadine, Kaczmarek Nina, Rüthemann Peter, Luch Andreas, Naegeli Hanspeter
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BACKGROUND: Nucleotide excision repair is a versatile DNA repair reaction that removes bulky adducts generated by environmental mutagens such as the UV spectrum of sunlight or chemical carcinogens. Current multistep models of this excision repair pathway accommodate its broad substrate repertoire but fail to explain the stringent selectivity toward damaged nucleotides among excess native DNA. To understand the...
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