The biochemistry and biological significance of nonhomologous DNA end joining: An essential repair process in multicellular eukaryotes

Genes to Cells

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 77-85

  Lieber, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE;

CELL VIABILITY; DIPLOIDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DNA SYNTHESIS; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC ORGANIZATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SISTER CHROMATID;

EUKARYOTA; MURINAE;

EID: 0032904693     PISSN: 13569597     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2443.1999.00245.x     Document Type: Review

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