KROK 1 Stomatology 2016 – Question 192 · KROK (Dentistry)
Patients suffering from xeroderma pigmentosum have extremely photosensitive skin due to disrupted excision repair. Specify the process that is affected in such patients:
- A. Synthesis of mRNA
- B. Repair of DNA molecule
- C. Synthesis of protein primary structure
- D. Intron extraction and exon connection
- E. Maturation of mRNA
Hint
Consider what UV light damages in skin cells and what process normally removes that damage.
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