About The Medical Condition Thymine-Cyclobutane Dimer
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Thymine-Cyclobutane Dimer
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What's The Definition Of The Medical Condition Thymine-Cyclobutane Dimer?
Dimers found in DNA chains damaged by ultraviolet irradiation. They consist of two adjacent pyrimidine nucleotides, usually thymine nucleotides, in which the pyrimidine residues are covalently joined by a cyclobutane ring. These dimers stop DNA replication.
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