nucleotide-excision repair, DNA damage recognition
The identification of lesions in DNA, such as pyrimidine-dimers, intrastrand cross-links, and bulky adducts. The wide range of substrate specificity suggests the repair complex recognizes distortions in the DNA helix.
GO:0051276
chromosome organization
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GO:0006289
nucleotide-excision repair
part_of
pyrimidine-dimer repair, DNA damage recognition
related