Maintenance of mitochondrial DNA integrity: Repair and degradation

Current Genetics

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 311-322

  Kang, Dongchon ^a   Hamasaki, Naotaka ^a  

^a KYUSHU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

DNA damage; DNA repair; Mitochondrial DNA; Reactive oxygen species

Indexed keywords

3 METHYLADENINE; 8 HYDROXYGUANINE; ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CELL NUCLEUS DNA; DNA (APURINIC OR APYRIMIDINIC SITE) LYASE; DNA BASE; DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; DNA POLYMERASE; GLYCOL; MESSENGER RNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; THYMINE; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; URACIL DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; XENOBIOTIC AGENT;

ALTERNATIVE RNA SPLICING; CELL FUNCTION; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME ANALYSIS; EXCISION REPAIR; GENETIC CODE; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE PHOSPHORYLATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION; TRANSLATION INITIATION;

EID: 0036935437     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00294-002-0312-0     Document Type: Review

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