Mechanisms of transcription-coupled DNA repair

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 21-29

  Svejstrup, Jesper Q ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA;

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; RNA POLYMERASE II;

ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COCKAYNE SYNDROME; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENETICS; HUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; YEAST;

ANIMALS; COCKAYNE SYNDROME; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; NUCLEOSOMES; RNA POLYMERASE II; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC; YEASTS;

EID: 0036363646     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm703     Document Type: Review

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