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A photoreactivating enzyme has been found in human leukocytes. The specificity of the enzyme for cyclobutyl pyrimidine dimers in DNA may allow direct evaluation of the role of dimers in ultraviolet-induced carcinogenesis in man.
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Sutherland, B. Photoreactivating enzyme from human leukocytes. Nature 248, 109–112 (1974). https://doi.org/10.1038/248109a0
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