Principles of Biology
Principles of Biology
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ISBN: 9781259875120
Author: Robert Brooker, Eric P. Widmaier Dr., Linda Graham Dr. Ph.D., Peter Stiling Dr. Ph.D.
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 13.3, Problem 1CC
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The component of NER system responsible for the removal of damaged DNA

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The NER system, or the nucleotide excision repair system recognizes the portion of the damaged sequence in a DNA strand and corrects it to prevent the mutations. It is composed of four Uvr proteins(ultraviolet repair), UvrA, UvrB, UvrC, and UvrD.

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