Pathways for mitotic homologous recombination in mammalian cells

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 532, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 103-115

  Helleday, Thomas ^a,b  

^a STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Chicken foot; DNA double strand breaks; Gene conversion; Homologous recombination; Mammalian cells; Review; Sister chromatid exchange; Stalled replication fork; Synthesis dependent non homologous end joining; Tandem duplication

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATID EXCHANGE; DNA REPAIR; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DELETION; GENE MUTATION; GENE REPLICATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MAMMAL CELL; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

GALLUS GALLUS; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0344845194     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2003.08.013     Document Type: Review

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