DNA double strand break repair in mammalian cells

Current Opinion in Genetics and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 144-150

  Karran, Peter ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENETIC STABILITY; HUMAN; MAMMAL CELL; NIJMEGEN BREAKAGE SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE;

ATAXIA; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0034031137     PISSN: 0959437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0959-437X(00)00069-1     Document Type: Review

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