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Photobiological Origins of the Field of Genomic Maintenance.
Photochemistry and photobiology - 1 Jan 2000
Ganesan Ann, Hanawalt Philip
Abstract excerpt
Although sunlight is essential for life on earth, the ultraviolet (UV) wavelengths in its spectrum constitute a major threat to life. Various cellular responses have evolved to deal with the damage inflicted in DNA by UV, and the study of these responses in model systems has spawned the burgeoning field of DNA repair. Although we now know of many types of deleterious alterations in DNA, the approaches for...
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