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nounhypermutability (uncountable)
- uncountableThe state of being hypermutable
This explains previous observations of a defect in bypass of damage in XP-V cells and cell extracts (82 ) and accounts for the marked hypermutability of XP-V cells in response to UV light and some chemical agents.
1999 December 3, Tomas Lindahl, Richard D. Wood, “Quality Control by DNA Repair”, in Science, volume 286, number 5446, →DOI, pages 1897–1905
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