Chromosomal stability and the DNA double-stranded break connection

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 196-206

  Van Gent, Dik C ^a   Hoeijmakers, Jan H J ^a   Kanaar, Roland ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVIAN PROTEIN; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; PROTEIN KINASE; RAD51 PROTEIN; RAD51 PROTEIN, GALLUS GALLUS; RAD51 PROTEIN, HUMAN; RAD51 PROTEIN, MOUSE;

ANIMAL; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CYCLE; CHICKEN; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; DISEASE MODEL; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DRUG EFFECT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MOUSE; MUTATION; PHYSIOLOGY; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; AVIAN PROTEINS; CELL CYCLE; CHICKENS; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; DISEASE MODELS, ANIMAL; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN G; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; PROTEIN KINASES; RAD51 RECOMBINASE; RADIATION, IONIZING; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SYNDROME;

EID: 0035289717     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/35056049     Document Type: Review

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