"Furocoumarins" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
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Polycyclic compounds consisting of a furan ring fused with coumarin. They commonly occur in PLANTS, especially UMBELLIFERAE and RUTACEAE, as well as PSORALEA.
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D011564
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| MeSH Number(s) |
D03.383.663.283.446.794 D03.633.100.150.446.794 D03.633.300.770
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Furocoumarins" by people in Profiles.
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Pringle K, Studdiford J, Tully A. What is your diagnosis? Phytophotodermatitis. Cutis. 2010 Jun; 85(6):282, 291-2.
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Piette J, Gamper HB, van de Vorst A, Hearst JE. Mutagenesis induced by site specifically placed 4'-hydroxymethyl-4,5',8-trimethylpsoralen adducts. Nucleic Acids Res. 1988 Nov 11; 16(21):9961-77.
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Cheng S, Van Houten B, Gamper HB, Sancar A, Hearst JE. Use of psoralen-modified oligonucleotides to trap three-stranded RecA-DNA complexes and repair of these cross-linked complexes by ABC excinuclease. J Biol Chem. 1988 Oct 15; 263(29):15110-7.
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Shi YB, Griffith J, Gamper H, Hearst JE. Evidence for structural deformation of the DNA helix by a psoralen diadduct but not by a monoadduct. Nucleic Acids Res. 1988 Sep 26; 16(18):8945-52.
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Kodadek T, Gamper H. Efficient synthesis of a supercoiled M13 DNA molecule containing a site specifically placed psoralen adduct and its use as a substrate for DNA replication. Biochemistry. 1988 May 03; 27(9):3210-5.
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Shi YB, Gamper H, Hearst JE. Interaction of T7 RNA polymerase with DNA in an elongation complex arrested at a specific psoralen adduct site. J Biol Chem. 1988 Jan 05; 263(1):527-34.
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Van Houten B, Gamper H, Sancar A, Hearst JE. DNase I footprint of ABC excinuclease. J Biol Chem. 1987 Sep 25; 262(27):13180-7.
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Shi YB, Gamper H, Hearst JE. The effects of covalent additions of a psoralen on transcription by E. coli RNA polymerase. Nucleic Acids Res. 1987 Sep 11; 15(17):6843-54.
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Van Houten B, Gamper H, Holbrook SR, Hearst JE, Sancar A. Action mechanism of ABC excision nuclease on a DNA substrate containing a psoralen crosslink at a defined position. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 1986 Nov; 83(21):8077-81.
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Van Houten B, Gamper H, Hearst JE, Sancar A. Construction of DNA substrates modified with psoralen at a unique site and study of the action mechanism of ABC excinuclease on these uniformly modified substrates. J Biol Chem. 1986 Oct 25; 261(30):14135-41.