DNA glycosylases: in DNA repair and beyond
The base excision repair machinery protects DNA in cells from the damaging effects of oxidation, alkylation, and deamination; it is specialized to fix single-base damage in the form of small chemical modifications. Base modifications can be mutagenic and/or cytotoxic, depending on how they interfere...
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Format: | Online |
Language: | English |
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Springer-Verlag
2011
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Online Access: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3260424/ |