Ku autoantigen: A multifunctional DNA-binding protein

Critical Reviews in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-33

  Tuteja, Renu ^a   Tuteja, Narendra ^a  

^a INTERNATIONAL CENTRE FOR GENETIC ENGINEERING AND BIOTECHNOLOGY ICGEB   (India)

Author keywords

ATPase; DNA protein kinase; Double strand break repair; Helicase; Immunoglobulin isotype switching; Telomeres; V(D)J recombination

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; AUTOANTIGEN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN KU; DNA DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; HELICASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL CYCLE; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; REVIEW; RNA BINDING; TELOMERE; TRANSCRIPTION REGULATION;

HEXAPODA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0034011881     PISSN: 10409238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10409230091169177     Document Type: Review

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