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How are base excision DNA repair pathways deployed in vivo?

Upasna Thapar1, Bruce Demple1

  • 1Department of Pharmacological Sciences, Stony Brook University, School of Medicine, Stony Brook, NY, USA.

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PubMed

Keywords:
BERBase excision repairbase excision repair pathwaysin vivo studiesmammalian cells

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