Yeast DNA ligase IV mediates non-homologous DNA end joining

Nature

Volumn 388, Issue 6641, 1997, Pages 495-498

  Wilson, Thomas E ^a   Grawunder, Ulf ^a,b   Lieber, Michael R ^a,b  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE;

ARTICLE; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; IONIZING RADIATION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CARBOXY-LYASES; DNA; DNA LIGASES; DNA REPAIR; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030811523     PISSN: 00280836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/41365     Document Type: Article

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