DNA ligase IV binds to XRCC4 via a motif located between rather than within its BRCT domains

Current Biology

Volumn 8, Issue 15, 1998, Pages 873-879

  Grawunder, Ulf ^a   Zimmer, David ^a   Lieber, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMALIA; CRICETINAE; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032537803     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0960-9822(07)00349-1     Document Type: Article

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