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BioMed Research International
Volume 2013 (2013), Article ID 854745, 9 pages
Structural and Sequence Similarities of Hydra Xeroderma Pigmentosum A Protein to Human Homolog Suggest Early Evolution and Conservation
1Division of Animal Sciences, Agharkar Research Institute, G. G. Agarkar Road, Pune 411 004, India
2Department of Zoology, University of Pune, Ganeshkhind, Pune 411 007, India
Received 15 April 2013; Accepted 31 July 2013
Academic Editor: Sanford I. Bernstein
Copyright © 2013 Apurva Barve et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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