Ley RD, Reeve VE, Kusewitt DF. Photobiology of Monodelphis domestica.
DEVELOPMENTAL AND COMPARATIVE IMMUNOLOGY 2000;
24:503-516. [PMID:
10785275 DOI:
10.1016/s0145-305x(00)00013-6]
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Abstract
The gray, short-tailed opossum, Monodelphis domestica, has been used for photobiologic studies since 1984. The presence of a light-activated DNA repair pathway in the tissues of Monodelphis has been used to identify pyrimidine dimers in DNA as initiating events for a number of ultraviolet radiation (UVR)-induced pathologies of the skin and cornea. Furthermore, Monodelphis, unlike common laboratory rodents, is susceptible to the induction of melanoma by UVR alone.
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