The intersection between the birth of molecular biology and the discovery of DNA repair

DNA Repair

Volumn 1, Issue 10, 2002, Pages 855-867

  Friedberg, Errol C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA repair; Molecular biology; Protein

Indexed keywords

DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; GENE FUNCTION; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PHOTOREACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; ANIMAL; HISTORY; HUMAN;

ANIMALS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY;

EID: 0036772877     PISSN: 15687864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1568-7864(02)00112-X     Document Type: Article

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