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Repair in Mammalian Organs and Cells

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Molecular Biology of Mutagens and Carcinogens

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Repair is used as a general term for the removal from DNA of a modified base or nucleotide and, in at least one case, for the removal of a modifying group. It is, of course, implied that following removal, in the case of error-free repair, the proper nucleotide is inserted through repair mechanisms (Figure VIII-1). A number of reviews of DNA repair pathways are listed in the Selected References.

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Singer, B., Grunberger, D. (1983). Repair in Mammalian Organs and Cells. In: Molecular Biology of Mutagens and Carcinogens. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-3772-0_8

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