Exposure of virus to UV light in low or high energy level leads in nonionizing or ionizing radiations, respectively. (IMAGE)

Light Publishing Center, Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics And Physics, CAS

Exposure of virus to UV light in low or high energy level leads in nonionizing or ionizing radiations, respectively.

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The formation of uracil/thymine dimers can cause frameshift or point mutations in the genome known as mutational signatures. Sometimes, the nonionizing can induce mutations in viral RNA with no inactivation effect, resulting in new mutants.

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by Mohammad Sadraeian, Le Zhang, Farzaneh Aavani, Esmaeil Biazar, Dayong Jin

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