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Widespread atypical UV-induced mutations form in single-stranded DNA.
Science advances - 11 Sept 2026
Cordero Cameron, Vandenberg Brittany N, Mittelstadt Isabelle, Murch Jordan, Laughery Marian F, Mieczkowski Piotr A, Wyrick John J, Roberts Steven A
Abstract excerpt
Persistence of common ultraviolet (UV)-induced lesions, like cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs) and pyrimidine-pyrimidone (6-4) photoproducts (6-4-PPs), typically results in C>T substitutions at dipyrimidines: a mutation pattern that composes the single-base substitution (SBS) signature 7 in cancer. Oncogenic melanoma mutations rarely involve SBS7-like substitutions. We recently identified noncanonical...
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- Ultraviolet Rays
- DNA, Single-Stranded
- Mutation
- Saccharomyces cerevisiae
- DNA Damage
- Pyrimidine Dimers
