RecQ helicases and topoisomerase III in cancer and aging

Biogerontology

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2003, Pages 275-287

  Laursen, Louise V ^a   Bjergbaek, Lotte ^b   Murray, Johanne M ^c   Andersen, Anni H ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell cycle checkpoint; DNA topoisomerase III; Genomic stability; Recombination; RecQ; Repair

Indexed keywords

DNA HOMOLOG; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; HELICASE; RECQ HELICASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL ACTIVITY; CELL CYCLE; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC STABILITY; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PREMATURE AGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; STRUCTURAL CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; SURVIVAL; WERNER SYNDROME;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AGING; ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE I; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RECQ HELICASES;

EID: 0344826468     PISSN: 13895729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1026218513772     Document Type: Review

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