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Ultraviolet Rays

Known as: UV, light ultraviolet, Ultraviolet light 
Invisible rays that are part of the energy that comes from the sun. Ultraviolet radiation that reaches the Earth's surface is made up of two types of… 
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Electromagnetic RadiationLightRadiationRadiation, Nonionizing
PhotochemotherapyPhototherapyultraviolet lights

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Highly Cited
1994
Highly Cited
1994
Cloning and characterization of RECQL, a potential human homologue of the Escherichia coli DNA helicase RecQ.
Review
1979
Review
1979
Speculations on the role of ultraviolet radiation in the development of malignant melanoma.
Interest in the etiology of human malignant melanoma has increased considerably in recent years. The basis for this heightened… 
Review
1977
Review
1977
Spontaneous and induced sister chromatid exchanges as revealed by the BUdR-labeling method.
Highly Cited
1974
Highly Cited
1974
Persistence of pyrimidine dimers during post-replication repair in ultraviolet light-irradiated Escherichia coli K12.
Highly Cited
1969
Highly Cited
1969
Repair replication, unscheduled DNA synthesis, and the repair of mammalian DNA.
Several kinds of cultured mammalian cells have been examined after exposure to ultraviolet light to determine if repair… 
Highly Cited
1968
Highly Cited
1968
The isolation, genetics and survival characteristics of ultraviolet light-sensitive mutants in yeast.
Highly Cited
1966
Highly Cited
1966
RADIATION-STIMULATED DNA SYNTHESIS IN CULTURED MAMMALIAN CELLS
A type of DNA synthesis in mammalian cells that is stimulated by ultraviolet light has been studied by means of radioautography… 
Highly Cited
1966
Highly Cited
1966
INFECTIOUS VIRUS-ANTIBODY COMPLEX IN THE BLOOD OF CHRONICALLY INFECTED MICE
If viremic sera from mice chronically infected with lactic dehydrogenase virus (LDV) were first treated with ether or ultraviolet… 
Review
1957
Review
1957
A spectrophotofluorometric study of compounds of biological interest.
Highly Cited
1955
Highly Cited
1955
Radiological evidence for partial genetic homology between bacteriophage and host bacteria.
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