DNA-PK: At the cross-roads of biochemistry and genetics

Mutation Research - DNA Repair

Volumn 384, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-14

  Jeggo, P A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA repair gene; Double strand break; Ionizing radiation; Protein kinase; XRCC gene

Indexed keywords

DNA; PROTEIN KINASE;

DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IONIZING RADIATION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPAIR; DNA-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMANS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 0030922250     PISSN: 09218777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8777(97)00009-8     Document Type: Review

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