The 3′ to 5′ exonuclease activity of Mre11 facilitates repair of DNA double-strand breaks

Molecular Cell

Volumn 1, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 969-979

  Paull, Tanya T ^a   Gellert, Martin ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF DIABETES AND DIGESTIVE AND KIDNEY DISEASES   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE V; FUNGAL PROTEIN; HETERODUPLEX; MRE11 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE; RAD50 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; HELA CELL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA LIGASES; DNA REPAIR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE V; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; NUCLEIC ACID HETERODUPLEXES; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

EID: 0032085295     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(00)80097-0     Document Type: Article

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