The long and short of a DNA-damage response

Antonio Conconi () and Brendan Bell ()
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Antonio Conconi: Faculty of Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke
Brendan Bell: Faculty of Medicine, Université de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke

Nature, 2017, vol. 545, issue 7653, 165-166

Abstract: Ultraviolet light can damage DNA, triggering a general shutdown of gene transcription — yet some genes are activated by UV light. An investigation of this counter-intuitive behaviour reveals a surprising gene-regulation mechanism.

Date: 2017
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