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DNA Damage Recognition: Toxicological and Medical Prospects

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Mechanisms of DNA Damage Recognition in Mammalian Cells

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There is mounting evidence that knowledge about the mechanisms by which DNA damage is recognized in mammalian cells may have major impacts in toxicological and medical sciences. This chapter is intended to provide a few very different examples of currently unresolved human health-related problems (low-dose risk assessment, anticancer therapy, antiviral agents), where DNA damage recognition processes play a prominent role.

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Naegeli, H. (1997). DNA Damage Recognition: Toxicological and Medical Prospects. In: Mechanisms of DNA Damage Recognition in Mammalian Cells. Molecular Biology Intelligence Unit. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4684-6468-9_11

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