The DNA double-strand break repair gene hMRE11 is mutated in individuals with an ataxia-telangiectasia-like disorder

Cell

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 577-587

  Stewart, Grant S ^a   Maser, Richard S ^b   Stankovic, Tanja ^a   Bressan, Debra A ^b   Kaplan, Mark I ^b   Jaspers, Nikolaas G J ^c   Raams, Anja ^c   Byrd, Philip J ^a   Petrini, John H J ^b   Taylor, A Malcolm R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; MUTANT PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DNA SYNTHESIS; GAMMA IRRADIATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ATAXIA; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA;

EID: 0033544724     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0092-8674(00)81547-0     Document Type: Article

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