Crystal structure of the nucleosome containing ultraviolet light-induced cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer
Horikoshi, N., Tachiwana, H., Kagawa, W., Osakabe, A., Matsumoto, S., Iwai, S., Sugasawa, K., Kurumizaka, H.(2016) Biochem.Biophys.Res.Commun. 471: 117-122
- PubMed: 26837048 
- DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2016.01.170
- PubMed Abstract: 
The cyclobutane pyrimidine dimer (CPD) is induced in genomic DNA by ultraviolet (UV) light. In mammals, this photolesion is primarily induced within nucleosomal DNA, and repaired exclusively by the nucleotide excision repair (NER) pathway. However, t ...