UV-damage excision repair

id: GO:0070914
name: UV-damage excision repair
namespace: biological_process
type: go
obsolete: False

Description: A DNA repair process that is initiated by an endonuclease that introduces a single-strand incision immediately 5' of a UV-induced damage site. UV-damage excision repair acts on both cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs) and pyrimidine-pyrimidone 6-4 photoproducts (6-4PPs).

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