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Structural and mutational analysis of the xeroderma pigmentosum group D (XPD) gene.
Human molecular genetics - 1 Oct 1994
Frederick G D, Amirkhan R H, Schultz R A, Friedberg E C
Abstract excerpt
Individuals affected by the autosomal recessive disease xeroderma pigmentosum (XP) are acutely sensitive to sunlight and predisposed to skin cancer on exposed areas. Cells cultured from XP patients are both UV sensitive and defective in the nucleotide excision repair of damaged DNA. These cellular phenotypes are amenable to experimental strategies employing complementation, an approach previously used to...
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