Which Mechanism Is Used to Repair a Chemically Modified Base

question 28

Multiple Choice

Which mechanism is used to repair a chemically modified base in DNA?

• A)Mismatch repair
• B)Base-excision repair
• C)Nucleotide-excision repair
• D)Direct repair
• E)More than one is used for this type of lesion

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