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Base Excision Repair in the Immune System: Small DNA Lesions With Big Consequences
29 May 2020
Abstract excerpt
The integrity of the genome is under constant threat of environmental and endogenous agents that cause DNA damage. Endogenous damage is particularly pervasive, occurring at an estimated rate of 10,000-30,000 per cell/per day, and mostly involves chemical DNA base lesions caused by oxidation, depurination, alkylation and deamination. The base excision repair (BER) pathway is primary responsible for removing and...
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