Eukaryotic DNA polymerases, a growing family

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 143-147

  Hübscher, Ulrich ^a   Nasheuer, Heinz Peter ^b   Syväoja, Juhani E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b FRITZ LIPMANN INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYCYTIDYL TRANSFERASE; DNA; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE ALPHA; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE BETA; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE DELTA; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE EPSILON; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE ETA; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE IOTA; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE THETA; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE ZETA; DNA DIRECTED POLYMERASE GAMMA; DNA POLYMERASE; ISOENZYME; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL CYCLE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME STRUCTURE, FUNCTION AND VARIABILITY; EUKARYOTE; GENOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; YEAST;

ANIMALS; DNA; DNA POLYMERASE BETA; DNA POLYMERASE III; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; EUKARYOTIC CELLS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HUMANS; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0040247676     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0968-0004(99)01523-6     Document Type: Review

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