Thymine metabolism and thymineless death in prokaryotes and eukaryotes

Annual Review of Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue , 1998, Pages 591-625

  Ahmad, S I ^a   Kirk, S H ^a   Eisenstark, A ^b  

^a NOTTINGHAM TRENT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b Cancer Research Center   (United States)

Author keywords

Apoptosis; DNA damage; DNA repair; Mutation; Thymidylate synthetase; TLD

Indexed keywords

THYMINE DERIVATIVE;

AMINO ACID METABOLISM; APOPTOSIS; CELL DEATH; COLONY FORMING UNIT; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; EUKARYOTE; GENE MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW;

APOPTOSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; DNA, VIRAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE V; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; MUTATION; PROKARYOTIC CELLS; THYMIDYLATE SYNTHASE; THYMINE;

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0031725620     PISSN: 00664227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1146/annurev.micro.52.1.591     Document Type: Review

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