Saccharomyces cerevisiae Ku70 potentiates illegitimate DNA double-strand break repair and serves as a barrier to error-prone DNA repair pathways

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 18, 1996, Pages 5093-5103

  Boulton, Simon J ^a   Jackson, Stephen P ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

DNA repair; DNA PK; Ku; Recombination; Yeast

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; POLYPEPTIDE;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; IONIZING RADIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION MUTAGENESIS; RADIOSENSITIVITY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0029791694     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00890.x     Document Type: Article

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