Article
UVB-induced cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer frequency correlates with skin cancer mutational hotspots in p53.
Photochemistry and photobiology - 1 Nov 1997
Drouin R, Therrien J P
Abstract excerpt
Ultraviolet light has been identified as the major carcinogen in skin cancer and the p53 tumor suppressor gene is a major target for UV-induced mutations. The mutations are probably caused by unrepaired UV-induced cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPD) and possibly by the less frequent pyrimidine (6...
Topics
- Base Sequence
- Cells, Cultured
- DNA
- Genes, p53
- Humans
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Mutation
- Neoplasms, Radiation-Induced
- Pyrimidine Dimers
- Skin Neoplasms
- Ultraviolet Rays
