The irresistible resistance of nonsense: Evolutionary adaptation of termination codons to minimize the effects of common DNA damage

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1208-1212
Number of pages5
JournalDNA Repair
Volume4
Issue number10
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 28 2005

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Funding Information:
The author is particularly grateful to Dr. Isabel Mellon for her enthusiasm and encouragement for this work as well as numerous helpful comments regarding its content. The author would also like to thank Drs. Paul Doetsch, Philip Hanawalt, Aziz Sancar, and Amrita Machwe for insightful discussions and critical reading of the manuscript. This work was supported by the University of Kentucky Research Foundation.

Keywords

  • DNA
  • RNA
  • Transcriptional mutagenesis

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Molecular Biology
  • Cell Biology

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