2010
Human Telomeres Are Hypersensitive to UV-Induced DNA Damage and Refractory to Repair
Rochette PJ, Brash DE. Human Telomeres Are Hypersensitive to UV-Induced DNA Damage and Refractory to Repair. PLOS Genetics 2010, 6: e1000926. PMID: 20442874, PMCID: PMC2861706, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000926.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsUV-induced DNA damageDNA damageTelomeric repeatsHuman telomeresExcision repairTelomeric repeat unitsNucleotide excision repairDouble-strand breaksUV-induced CPDGenome integrityGenomic integrityExcision repair sitesMitochondrial DNARegion of p53Opposite strandTelomeresCPD removalUnrepaired lesionsRepeatsPreeminent risk factorUV sensitivityPyrimidine dimersCancer developmentRepeat unitsCritical role
1992
Excision repair at individual bases of the Escherichia coli lacI gene: relation to mutation hot spots and transcription coupling activity.
Kunala S, Brash DE. Excision repair at individual bases of the Escherichia coli lacI gene: relation to mutation hot spots and transcription coupling activity. Proceedings Of The National Academy Of Sciences Of The United States Of America 1992, 89: 11031-11035. PMID: 1438309, PMCID: PMC50477, DOI: 10.1073/pnas.89.22.11031.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTranscribed strandMutation hot spotsChromosomal DNAExcision repairIndividual nucleotidesEscherichia coli chromosomeExcision repair systemColi chromosomeMfd geneDistribution of mutationsGene fragmentsDNA fragmentsEnzymatic incisionCell extractsLacI geneUV-induced mutationsSite of labelingEscherichia coliRepair systemSpecific gene fragmentsUV photoproductsGenesBase variationsMutationsNucleotides