DNA double strand breaks (DSB) and non-homologous end joining (NHEJ) pathways in human leukemia

Cancer Letters

Volumn 193, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-9

  Rassool, Feyruz Virgilia ^a  

^a KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bloom's syndrome; Chromosomal abnormalities; Double strand breaks; Fanconi anemia; Genomic instability; Human leukemias; Non homologous end joining; Predisposition; Repair

Indexed keywords

BIOFLAVONOID; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; DOXORUBICIN; ETOPOSIDE; GYRASE INHIBITOR;

ACUTE GRANULOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; ACUTE LYMPHOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; BLOOM SYNDROME; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL REGENERATION; CHILDHOOD LEUKEMIA; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENE LOCUS; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENOMICS; HUMAN; LEUKEMOGENESIS; NON HOMOLOGOUS END JOINING REPAIR; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMYELOCYTIC LEUKEMIA; RADIATION CARCINOGENESIS; SECOND CANCER; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0037430990     PISSN: 03043835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-3835(02)00692-4     Document Type: Review

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