Role of DNA excision repair gene defects in the etiology of cancer

Current Topics in Microbiology and Immunology

Volumn 221, Issue , 1997, Pages 47-70

  Ford, J M ^a   Hanawalt, P C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN P53;

CANCER; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; HUMAN; MUTAGENESIS; MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

EID: 0031060362     PISSN: 0070217X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-60505-5_5     Document Type: Review

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