16 Jul A Comparison of Direct Reversal and Nucleotide Excision Repair in UVB-Treated Bacteria

DNA of living organisms are a sensitive target for the Ultraviolet radiation, and especially UVC and UVB brings significant damage to the DNA. Fortunately, living organisms have repairing mechanisms to maintain genetic diversity and be able to reproduce. This experiment compares the effectiveness of two of these repairing mechanisms of DNA, Direct Reversal repair and Nucleotide Excision repair. The findings of this research are relevant to the advantages and disadvantages of UV radiation water treatment technologies, sterilization of surgical instruments, and the possible improvement of them. Energy efficiency differences of the two repairing mechanisms was provided as one of the explanations for the results.

Category: BIOLOGY — Country: FINLAND — Year: 2020

Shähla Idikut

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