Surviving the Sun: Repair and bypass of
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Wei Yang
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Article
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2011
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Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press
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English
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## Abstract Structural studies of UVβinduced lesions and their complexes with repair proteins reveal an intrinsic flexibility of DNA at lesion sites. Reduced DNA rigidity stems primarily from the loss of base stacking, which may manifest as bending, unwinding, base unstacking, or flipping out. The