Nuclear import of DNA repair proteins

Anticancer Research

Volumn 17, Issue 2 A, 1997, Pages 843-863

  Boulikas, Teni ^a  

^a Inst of Molecular Medical Sciences   (United States)

Author keywords

Karyopherin; Nuclear localization signal; Nucleotide excision repair helicases; Pore complex; Recombination repair; Repair genes; Xeroderma pigmentosum

Indexed keywords

ARGININE; DNA; GLYCINE; HELICASE; HISTIDINE; LYSINE; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE; PROLINE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CHROMOSOME; COLON CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN TRANSPORT; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; CELL NUCLEUS; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPAIR ENZYMES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDONUCLEASES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; MICE; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RIBONUCLEOPROTEINS, SMALL NUCLEAR; RNA POLYMERASE II;

EID: 0030894124     PISSN: 02507005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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