Molecular mechanism of nucleotide excision repair

Genes and Development

Volumn 13, Issue 7, 1999, Pages 768-785

  De Laat, Wouter L ^a   Jaspers, Nicolaas G J ^a   Hoeijmakers, Jan H J ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA CONFORMATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA HELIX; DNA REPAIR; EXCISION REPAIR; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; REVIEW;

EID: 0033118354     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.13.7.768     Document Type: Review

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