5,6-Dihydrothymine impairs the base excision repair pathway of a closely opposed AP site or single-strand break.

Ionizing radiation can induce clustered DNA damage (two or more lesions formed within one to two helical turns of DNA by passage of a single ionization track). Using oligonucleotide constructs containing clustered DNA lesions at defined positions, evidence is presented demonstrating that a persisten...

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Main Authors: Byrne, S, Cunniffe, S, O'Neill, P, Lomax, M
Formato: Journal article
Idioma:English
Publicado: 2009