title: A brief history of the DNA repair field.
abstract: The history of the repair of damaged DNA can be traced to the mid-1930s. Since then multiple DNA repair mechanisms, as well as other biological responses to DNA damage, have been discovered and their regulation has been studied. This article briefly recounts the early history of this field.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Pathology, Department of Pathology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX, USA. errol.friedberg@utsouthwestern.edu
authors.forename: Errol C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Friedberg
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004249:DNA Damage / Q000502:physiology; D004260:DNA Repair / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*; D004255:Deoxyribodipyrimidine Photo-Lyase / Q000502:physiology; D020022:Genetic Predisposition to Disease; D006801:Humans; D016296:Mutagenesis / Q000235:genetics; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D004255:Deoxyribodipyrimidine Photo-Lyase