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Biochemistry Metabolism of nucleic acids a1420061

Patient present with skin bullae on the sun exposure. The defect is of

A
Sugar changes
B
DNA methylation
C
Thymidine dimers
D
Trinucleotide repeats
High-Yield Explanation
A pair of abnormally chemically bonded adjacent thymine bases in DNA, resulting from damage by ultra-violet irradiation. The cellular processes that repair this lesion often make errors that create mutations.

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