The absence of the DNA-dependent protein kinase catalytic subunit in mice results in anaphase bridges and in increased telomeric fusions with normal telomere length and G-strand overhang

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 21, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 3642-3651

  Goytisolo, Fermín A ^a   Samper, Enrique ^a   Edmonson, Scott ^b   Taccioli, Guillermo E ^b   Blasco, Mariáa A ^a  

^a CENTRO NACIONAL DE BIOTECNOLOGÍA   (Spain)

^b BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; KU ANTIGEN;

ANAPHASE; ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; ENZYME MECHANISM; FEMALE; FUSION GENE; MALE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTECTION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; TELOMERE;

ANAPHASE; ANIMALS; CATALYSIS; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; DNA-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MICE; MICE, INBRED BALB C; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MICE, SCID; MITOSIS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; TELOMERE;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0035023139     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.21.11.3642-3651.2001     Document Type: Article

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