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Molecular Mechanisms of Mammalian DNA Repai... 1979 2026 1994 2010 2.5k
  1. Molecular Mechanisms of Mammalian DNA Repair and the DNA Damage Checkpoints (2004)
    Aziz Sancar, Laura A. Lindsey‐Boltz et al. Annual Review of Biochemistry
  2. Structure and Function of DNA Photolyase and Cryptochrome Blue-Light Photoreceptors (2003)
    Aziz Sancar Chemical Reviews
  3. Simple method for identification of plasmid-coded proteins (1979)
    Aziz Sancar, Adelle M. Hack et al. Journal of Bacteriology
  4. DNA REPAIR ENZYMES (1988)
    Aziz Sancar et al. Annual Review of Biochemistry
  5. Differential regulation of mammalian Period genes and circadian rhythmicity by cryptochromes 1 and 2 (1999)
    Martha Hotz Vitaterna, Christopher P. Selby et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  6. Structure and function of DNA photolyase (1994)
    Aziz Sancar Biochemistry
  7. A novel repair enzyme: UVRABC excision nuclease of Escherichia coli cuts a DNA strand on both sides of the damaged region (1983)
    Aziz Sancar, W. Dean Rupp Cell
  8. Crystal Structure of DNA Photolyase from Escherichia coli (1995)
    Sang‐Tae Kim, Aziz Sancar et al. Science
  9. Mechanisms of DNA Excision Repair (1994)
    Aziz Sancar Science
  10. Reconstitution of Human DNA Repair Excision Nuclease in a Highly Defined System (1995)
    David Mu, Tsukasa Matsunaga et al. Journal of Biological Chemistry
  11. Dual role of TFIIH in DNA excision repair and in transcription by RNA polymerase II (1994)
    Ronny Drapkin, Joyce T. Reardon et al. Nature
  12. Human nucleotide excision nuclease removes thymine dimers from DNA by incising the 22nd phosphodiester bond 5' and the 6th phosphodiester bond 3' to the photodimer. (1992)
    Jiaoyan Huang, Joyce T. Reardon et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  13. Human MutSalpha recognizes damaged DNA base pairs containing O6-methylguanine, O4-methylthymine, or the cisplatin-d(GpG) adduct. (1996)
    Alastair I.H. Murchie, Joyce T. Reardon et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  14. Vitamin B 2 -based blue-light photoreceptors in the retinohypothalamic tract as the photoactive pigments for setting the circadian clock in mammals (1998)
    Yasuhide Miyamoto, Aziz Sancar Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  15. HMG-domain proteins specifically inhibit the repair of the major DNA adduct of the anticancer drug cisplatin by human excision nuclease. (1994)
    Jiaoyan Huang, Deborah B. Zamble et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  16. Sequences of the recA gene and protein. (1980)
    Aziz Sancar, William H. Konigsberg et al. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
  17. Identification of the uvrA gene product (1981)
    Aziz Sancar, Robin P. Wharton et al. Journal of Molecular Biology

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Works of Aziz Sancar being referenced

Biochemical Analysis of the Canonical Model for the Mammalian Circadian Clock
2011
Role of Mouse Cryptochrome Blue-Light Photoreceptor in Circadian Photoresponses
1998 ScienceNobel
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Gary Ruvkun 26502 4699 1934 211 42.0k
Jack E. Dixon 24637 2867 3911 346 35.3k
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