Xeroderma pigmentosum and molecular cloning of DNA repair genes

Anticancer Research

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 693-708

  Boulikas, Teni ^a  

^a Inst of Molecular Medical Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; Cockayne's syndrome; DNA helicase; DNA repair genes; DNA replication; ERCCc5 RAD genes; Incision endonuclease; Nucleotide excision repair; Recombination; TFIIH; Xeroderma pigmentosum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DNA REPAIR; GENE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CHO CELLS; COCKAYNE SYNDROME; CRICETINAE; DNA HELICASES; DNA LIGASES; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDONUCLEASES; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM; XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM GROUP A PROTEIN; XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM GROUP D PROTEIN;

EID: 0029899062     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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