Effects of UV radiation on Marfan syndrome cells in culture
Ultraviolet radiation causes an alteration in DNA by modifying neighboring thymine bases resulting in the formation of a dimer. These dimers block the processes of transcription and translation and ultimately no protein is synthesized and the cell dies. However, DNA repair mechanisms correct this da...
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2011
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| Online Access: | http://cardinalscholar.bsu.edu/handle/handle/184674 http://liblink.bsu.edu/uhtbin/catkey/879841 |