Explaining the DNA repair mechanism (IMAGE)

King Abdullah University of Science & Technology (KAUST)

Explaining the DNA repair mechanism

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Illustration of the nucleotide excision repair mechanism: The TFIH (in blue) locates the damaged part of the DNA strand, which signals the XPG complex (in yellow) to excise it from the healthy DNA strand.

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© 2022 KAUST; Heno Hwang

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