Review: Conservation of eukaryotic DNA repair mechanisms

International Journal of Radiation Biology

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 277-286

  Taylor, E M ^a   Lehmann, A R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA POLYMERASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; URACIL DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE IV; DNA (APURINIC OR APYRIMIDINIC SITE) LYASE; DNA LIGASE III; ENDONUCLEASE IV, E COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEIN; HELICASE; HIGH AFFINITY DNA BINDING FACTOR, S CEREVISIAE; HIGH AFFINITY DNA-BINDING FACTOR, S CEREVISIAE; KU ANTIGEN; LYASE; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE; RNA BINDING PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; TAF6 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; TATA BINDING PROTEIN ASSOCIATED FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR II; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IIH; XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM GROUP A PROTEIN; XPA PROTEIN, HUMAN; XRCC4 PROTEIN, HUMAN; XRCC5 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; EXCISION REPAIR; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ANIMAL; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENETICS; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; CARBON-OXYGEN LYASES; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE IV (PHAGE T4-INDUCED); DNA HELICASES; DNA LIGASES; DNA REPAIR; DNA-(APURINIC OR APYRIMIDINIC SITE) LYASE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; HUMANS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RNA-BINDING PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TATA-BINDING PROTEIN ASSOCIATED FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIID; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIIH; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS, TFII; XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM GROUP A PROTEIN;

EID: 0032160650     PISSN: 09553002     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/095530098141429     Document Type: Review

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