Short- and Long-Wave UV Light (UVB and UVA) Induce Similar Mutations in Human Skin Cells

8-Hydroxyguanine, an abundant form of oxidative DNA damage, causes G-T and A-C substitutions.

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Mutation hotspots due to sunlight in the p53 gene of nonmelanoma skin cancers.

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Wavelength dependence of oxidative DNA damage induced by UV and visible light

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The basal layer in human squamous tumors harbors more UVA than UVB fingerprint mutations: A role for UVA in human skin carcinogenesis

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Wavelength dependence of skin cancer induction by ultraviolet irradiation of albino hairless mice.

Frank R. de Gruijl, Henricus J. C. M. Sterenborg, P. Donald Forbes et al. · PubMed · 1993 · 477 citations

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