The dark side of DNA repair.
editorial · Level V
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 24844708.
- Also identified by DOI 10.7554/eLife.03068 and PMC identifier 4027859.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
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Abstract
The BER pathway is widely used to repair DNA damage in cells, but it can also introduce unwanted mutations and is sometimes hijacked by other pathways.
Medical subject headings
- Base Pair Mismatch
- DNA
- DNA Repair
- Mutation