Tying loose ends: Roles of Ku and DNA-dependent protein kinase in the repair of double-strand breaks

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 99-104

  Lieber, Michael R ^a   Grawunder, Ulf ^a   Wu, Xiantuo ^a   Yaneva, Mariana ^a  

^a Division of Molecular Oncology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN KINASE;

BIOCHEMISTRY; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; DNA REPAIR; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENETICS; IMMUNOLOGY; MAMMAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOBIOLOGY; REVIEW; YEAST;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0031059531     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(97)80116-5     Document Type: Article

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