Presentation is loading. Please wait.

Presentation is loading. Please wait.

Spontaneous Damage to DNA. Examples of DNA Damage Induced by Radiation and Chemicals.

Similar presentations


Presentation on theme: "Spontaneous Damage to DNA. Examples of DNA Damage Induced by Radiation and Chemicals."— Presentation transcript:

1 Spontaneous Damage to DNA

2 Examples of DNA Damage Induced by Radiation and Chemicals

3

4

5 Direct Repair of Thymine Dimers Not in humans

6 A metiltransferase é gasta nesta reacção

7 Base-Excision Repair

8 Nucleotide-Excision Repair of Thymine Dimers

9 Xeroderma pigmentosum Autosomal recessive mutations in several complementation groups Extreme sensitivity to sunlight Predisposition to skin cancer (mean age of skin cancer = 8 yrs vs. 60 for normal population)

10 Nucleotide excision repair - Energéticamente ineficiente

11 Mismatch Repair in E. coli

12

13 Teste de Ames para agentes mutagenicos


Download ppt "Spontaneous Damage to DNA. Examples of DNA Damage Induced by Radiation and Chemicals."

Similar presentations


Ads by Google