A phylogenomic study of DNA repair genes, proteins, and processes

Mutation Research - DNA Repair

Volumn 435, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 171-213

  Eisen, Jonathan A ^a   Hanawalt, Philip C ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Comparative genomics; DNA repair; Gene duplication and gene loss; Molecular evolution; Orthology and paralogy; Phylogenomics

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEBACTERIUM; BACTERIUM; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; EUKARYOTE; EXCISION REPAIR; GENE DUPLICATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOSS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSFER; GENOME; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ALKYLATION; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE PAIR MISMATCH; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE (PYRIMIDINE DIMER); DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; DNA DAMAGE; DNA GLYCOSYLASES; DNA HELICASES; DNA LIGASES; DNA NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; DNA-FORMAMIDOPYRIMIDINE GLYCOSYLASE; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE V; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; EXONUCLEASES; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENES, P53; GENOME; GENOME, ARCHAEAL; INTEGRASES; MULTIGENE FAMILY; N-GLYCOSYL HYDROLASES; PHYLOGENY; RAD52 DNA REPAIR AND RECOMBINATION PROTEIN; RECOMBINASES; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SERINE ENDOPEPTIDASES; SOS RESPONSE (GENETICS); URACIL-DNA GLYCOSIDASE;

EID: 0032786233     PISSN: 09218777     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8777(99)00050-6     Document Type: Review

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