Envisioning the molecular choreography of DNA base excision repair

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 37-47

  Parikh, Sudip S ^a   Mol, Clifford D ^a   Hosfield, David J ^a   Tainer, John A ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; DNA BASE; DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; DNA MINISATELLITE; ENDONUCLEASE; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE;

DNA DAMAGE; DNA HELIX; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; EXCISION REPAIR; GENOME; GLYCOSYLATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STEREOCHEMISTRY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0032822325     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-440X(99)80006-2     Document Type: Article

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