Abstract

How to spot a lesion. A recent report from Min and Pavletich provides a molecular basis for how a variety of structurally diverse lesions are recognized in eukaryotic nucleotide excision repair. The initial damage sensor XPC/HR23B probes the DNA helix for thermodynamically destabilized sites and interacts with undamaged nucleotides opposite a DNA lesion.

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