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Shining a light on photolyases

Nature Genetics volume 32, pages 338–339 (2002)Cite this article

Photolyases are enzymes involved in the repair of ultraviolet light–induced DNA damage when activated by light absorption. The generation of photolyase transgenic mice now suggests that an improved understanding of the mechanisms of skin damage and carcinogenesis induced by sunlight is in the offing.

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Figure 1: Schematic CPD-photolyase phylogenetic tree.

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Figure 2: Schematic representation of the approaches used to distinguish the consequences of UV-induced lesions with photolyases.

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