Light and dark in chromatin repair: Repair of UV-induced DNA lesions by photolyase and nucteotide excision repair

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 6585-6598

  Thoma, Fritz ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Chromatin; DNA repair; Nucleotide excision repair; Photolyase; Transcription

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBODIPYRIMIDINE PHOTOLYASE; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN;

CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXCISION REPAIR; NUCLEOSOME; PHOTOREACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA INTERACTION; RADIATION MUTAGENESIS; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

CHROMATIN; DEOXYRIBODIPYRIMIDINE PHOTO-LYASE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; NUCLEOSOMES; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033486110     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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