DNA repair, genome stability, and aging

Cell

Volumn 120, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 497-512

  Lombard, David B ^a,b   Chua, Katrin F ^a   Mostoslavsky, Raul ^a   Franco, Sonia ^a   Gostissa, Monica ^a   Alt, Frederick W ^a  

^a HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b BRIGHAM AND WOMEN S HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS DNA; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE; SILENT INFORMATION REGULATOR PROTEIN 2; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

AGING; CELL DAMAGE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA METABOLISM; DNA REPAIR; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREMATURE AGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SENESCENCE;

EID: 13944249618     PISSN: 00928674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cell.2005.01.028     Document Type: Review

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