Damage recognition in nucleotide excision repair of DNA

Gene

Volumn 241, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 193-204

  Batty, Dawn P ^a   Wood, Richard D ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

DNA repair; Escherichia coli; Human; Proteins; UV (ultraviolet) light; Xeroderma pigmentosum

Indexed keywords

DNA;

DNA DAMAGE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EXCISION REPAIR; HUMAN; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REVIEW; XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM;

ANIMALS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS;

EID: 0033988552     PISSN: 03781119     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1119(99)00489-8     Document Type: Review

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