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The Intrinsic Fragility of DNA (Nobel Lecture)
Author(s) -
Lindahl Tomas
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
angewandte chemie international edition
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 5.831
H-Index - 550
eISSN - 1521-3773
pISSN - 1433-7851
DOI - 10.1002/anie.201602159
Subject(s) - dna , fragility , chemistry , biophysics , dna damage , molecule , dna repair , enzyme , biochemistry , nanotechnology , biology , materials science , organic chemistry
Our cells contain common molecules, such as water or oxygen, that can damage DNA. In his studies Tomas Lindahl has shown how specific repair enzymes remove and replace damaged parts of DNA in a process of vital importance.