6-4 PP	6-4 pirimidine-pirimidon photoproduct
BrdU	bromodeoxyuridine
CPD	cyclobutane-pyrimidine dimers
co-IP	co-immunoprecipitation
DMEM	Dulbecco’s Modified Eagle Medium
GFP	green fluorescent protein
NER	Nucleotide Excision Repair
NT	non-treated (basal condition)
PCNA	proliferating cell nuclear antigen
PRR comet assay	post-replication repair comet assay
qPCR	quantitative polymerase chain reaction
siSCR	non-targeting scrambled siRNA
SPB	SerpinB
SPB2	SerpinB2
SPB10	SerpinB10 (Bomapin)
SPB13	SerpinB13
TLS DNA Polymerase	translesion DNA polymerase
TPCK	N-tosyl-L-phenylalanine chloromethyl ketone
XPC	Xeroderma Pigmentosum C