Disruption of the Arabidopsis AtKu80 gene demonstrates an essential role for AtKu80 protein in efficient repair of DNA double-strand breaks in vivo

Plant Journal

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 517-528

  West, Christopher E ^a   Waterworth, Wanda M ^a   Story, Geraint W ^a   Sunderland, Paul A ^a   Jiang, Qing ^a   Bray, Clifford M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arabidopsis thaliana; Bleomycin; Double strand break; Menadione; Non homologous end joining

Indexed keywords

DNA; GAMMA RAYS; GENES; PROTEINS;

GENOMIC INTEGRITY;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; BINDING SITES; BLEOMYCIN; DNA DAMAGE; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPAIR; DNA, BACTERIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; IMIDAZOLES; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN INTERACTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VITAMIN K 3;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0036690874     PISSN: 09607412     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-313X.2002.01370.x     Document Type: Article

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