Base excision repair (BER) and the brain

Journal of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 71-83

  Rao, Kalluri Subba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HYDERABAD   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRAIN ENZYME; DNA BASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; PYRIMIDINE DIMER; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

APURINIC SITE; APYRIMIDINIC SITE; BASE MISPAIRING; BRAIN; BRAIN CELL; DNA BASE COMPOSITION; DNA CROSS LINKING; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXCISION REPAIR; HUMAN; MAMMAL; NERVE FUNCTION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; BASE PAIR MISMATCH; BINDING SITES; BRAIN; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; HUMANS; MODELS, NEUROLOGICAL; PYRIMIDINE DIMERS;

MAMMALIA; ZIZIPHUS MAURITIANA;

EID: 0036554294     PISSN: 10258140     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10258140290027199     Document Type: Review

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