Chemist no. 203 of 350 · Biochemistry

Tomas Lindahl

1938-SwedenNobel Chemistry 2015

Base excision repair of DNA

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Tomas Lindahl and the Discovery That DNA Needs Constant Repair

How Tomas Lindahl showed DNA decays chemically and discovered base excision repair through uracil-DNA glycosylase. Nobel Chemistry 2015 for JAM, NET, GATE.

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Tomas Lindahl (born 1938): The Biochemist Who Found That DNA Needs a Repair Crew

Biography of Tomas Lindahl (born 1938), Swedish biochemist who showed DNA is chemically fragile and discovered base excision repair. Nobel Chemistry 2015.

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