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A process that results in the endonucleolytic cleavage of the damaged strand of DNA immediately 5\' of a UV-induced damage site, and is the first part of a DNA repair process that acts on both cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs) and pyrimidine-pyrimidone 6-4 photoproducts (6-4PPs). [PMID:10704216]
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