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DNA Photolyases

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DNA Damage and Repair

Part of the book series: Contemporary Cancer Research ((CCR))

Abstract

Photoreactivation was discovered by chance in 1949 during a study of UV-induced mutagenesis when unexpected results were obtained that could be attributed to a greatly enhanced survival of UV-irradiated Streptomyces griseus conidia after illumination with visible light (38). A similar phenomenon was found for the survival of UV-irradiated bacteriophages in Escherichia coli (11).

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Yasui, A., Eker, A.P.M. (1998). DNA Photolyases. In: Nickoloff, J.A., Hoekstra, M.F. (eds) DNA Damage and Repair. Contemporary Cancer Research. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-59259-455-9_2

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