Photorepair of pyrimidine dimers in human skin in vivo

Autor: S M, D'Ambrosio, J W, Whetstone, L, Slazinski, E, Lowney
Rok vydání: 1981
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Zdroj: Photochemistry and photobiology. 34(4)
ISSN: 0031-8655
Popis: The exposure of human skin in vivo to UV radiation emitted from a sunlamp induces the formation of pyrimidine dimers. The number of dimers, as detected by UV-endonuclease, decreases following exposure of the UV-irradiated skin to visible wavelengths of light. These results suggest that humans possess a mechanism by which pyrimidine dimers are photorepaired upon illumination of human skin in vivo with visible light.
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