Abstract
Nucleotide excision repair is a major DNA repair mechanism in all cellular organisms. In this repair system, the DNA damage is removed by concerted dual incisions bracketing the damage and at a precise distance from the damage. Here, we review the basic mechanisms of excision repair in Escherichia coli and humans and the recent genome-wide mapping of DNA damage and repair in these organisms at single-nucleotide resolution.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 15588-15597 |
Number of pages | 10 |
Journal | Journal of Biological Chemistry |
Volume | 292 |
Issue number | 38 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 22 Sep 2017 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Biochemistry
- Molecular Biology
- Cell Biology