Yuqin Cai

The human DNA repair factor XPC‐HR23B distinguishes stereoisomeric benzo[a]pyrenyl‐DNA lesions

Vincent Mocquet, Konstantin Kropachev, Marina Kolbanovskiy et al. · The EMBO Journal · 2007 · 100 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Genetics, Molecular Biology +9

Structural basis for the recognition of diastereomeric 5′,8-cyclo-2′-deoxypurine lesions by the human nucleotide excision repair system

Konstantin Kropachev, Shuang Ding, Michael A. Terzidis et al. · Nucleic Acids Research · 2014 · 80 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +15

The Sequence Dependence of Human Nucleotide Excision Repair Efficiencies of Benzo[a]pyrene-derived DNA Lesions: Insights into the Structural Factors that Favor Dual Incisions

Konstantin Kropachev, Marina Kolbanovskii, Yuqin Cai et al. · Journal of Molecular Biology · 2009 · 74 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Molecular Biology, Molecular Genetics +8

Resistance of bulky DNA lesions to nucleotide excision repair can result from extensive aromatic lesion–base stacking interactions

Dara Reeves, Hong Mu, Konstantin Kropachev et al. · Nucleic Acids Research · 2011 · 70 citations · Full text

Life Sciences, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology +17

Nucleotide Excision Repair Efficiencies of Bulky Carcinogen–DNA Adducts Are Governed by a Balance between Stabilizing and Destabilizing Interactions

Yuqin Cai, Nicholas E. Geacintov, Suse Broyde · Biochemistry · 2012 · 54 citations

Life Sciences, Molecular Biology, Carcinogenesis +16