The Mre11 complex and ATM: Collaborating to navigate S phase

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 293-296

  Petrini, John Hj ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NIJMEGEN BREAKAGE SYNDROME; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHORT SURVEY;

EID: 0034020464     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(00)00091-0     Document Type: Review

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