Molecular genetics and structural biology of human MutT homolog, MTH1

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 477, Issue 1-2, 2001, Pages 59-70

  Nakabeppu, Yusaku ^a,b  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Carcinogenesis; Mitochondria; Neuronal degeneration; Nucleotide pool; Oxidative stress; Oxidized purine nucleoside triphosphatase

Indexed keywords

2 HYDROXY DEOXYADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; 8 HYDROXYGUANINE; 8 OXO 7,8 DIHYDRO 2' DEOXYGUANOSINE 5' TRIPHOSPHATE; 8 OXO DEOXYADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; 8 OXO DEOXYGUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE; 8 OXO GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ADENINE DERIVATIVE; ADENOSINE DERIVATIVE; AMINO ACID; CHIMERIC PROTEIN; GUANOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ISOGUANINE; MESSENGER RNA; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN MYH; PROTEIN P18; PROTEIN P21; PROTEIN P22; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ALPHA HELIX; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CANCER; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYTOPLASM; EXON; GENE STRUCTURE; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; MITOCHONDRION; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA REPAIR ENZYMES; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHOSPHORIC MONOESTER HYDROLASES; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; PROMOTER REGIONS (GENETICS); PROTEIN BIOSYNTHESIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0035796057     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0027-5107(01)00096-3     Document Type: Article

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