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The Dark Side of UV-Induced DNA Lesion Repair.
Genes - 2 Dec 2020
Strzałka Wojciech, Zgłobicki Piotr, Kowalska Ewa, Bażant Aneta, Dziga Dariusz, Banaś Agnieszka Katarzyna
Abstract excerpt
In their life cycle, plants are exposed to various unfavorable environmental factors including ultraviolet (UV) radiation emitted by the Sun. UV-A and UV-B, which are partially absorbed by the ozone layer, reach the surface of the Earth causing harmful effects among the others on plant genetic material. The energy of UV light is sufficient to induce mutations in DNA. Some examples of DNA damage induced by UV are...
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