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2015 , Vol. 37 >Issue 6: 418 - 423

DOI: https://doi.org/10.3969/j.issn.0253-9608.2015.06.004

Brief Introduction of Nobel Prize

DNA-repair crew won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015

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  • Beijing Key Laboratory of DNA Damage Response & College of Life Sciences, Capital Normal University, Beijing 100048, China

Received date: 2015-11-19

  Online published: 2015-12-22

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Abstract

 The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015 was awarded jointly to Tomas Lindahl, Paul Modrich and Aziz Sancar for having mapped and explained how the cell repairs its DNA and safeguards the genetic information. In this overview, we brie?y introduced  research achievements of the laureates and the link between DNA-repair and etiology, development, diagnosis, therapy, and the prevention of human diseases, cancer in particular.

Key words：  ; 2015 Nobel Prize in Chemistry, base excision repair, mismatch repair, nucleotide excision repair

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WANG Jing, PENG Bin, XU Xingzhi . DNA-repair crew won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015[J]. Chinese Journal of Nature, 2015 , 37(6) : 418 -423 . DOI: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-9608.2015.06.004

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