Cells that are very sensitive to UV radiation most likely have a defect in the

A) base excision repair pathway.
B) SOS repair pathway.
C) nonhomologous end-joining pathway.
D) nucleotide excision repair pathway.
E) synthesis-dependent strand annealing pathway.


Answer: D

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