Epigenetic changes activate widespread signals in response to double-strand breaks

Cancer Biology and Therapy

Volumn 3, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 617-623

  Karagiannis, Tom C ^a   El Osta, Assam ^b  

^a PETER MACCALLUM CANCER CENTRE   (Australia)

^b BAKER IDI HEART AND DIABETES INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

ATM; Chromatin remodeling; DNA PKcs; Double strand breaks; Histone modifications

Indexed keywords

ATM PROTEIN; ATR PROTEIN; DNA; DNA POLYMERASE; HISTONE ACETYLTRANSFERASE; IMMUNOGLOBULIN HEAVY CHAIN; IMMUNOGLOBULIN LIGHT CHAIN; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN BCL 2; PROTEIN KINASE; RAG1 PROTEIN; RAG2 PROTEIN; T LYMPHOCYTE RECEPTOR;

ACETYLATION; CATALYSIS; CELL CYCLE; CELL METABOLISM; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA METABOLISM; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DNA SYNTHESIS; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; EPIGENETICS; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MAMMAL CELL; MEIOSIS; MITOCHONDRIAL MEMBRANE; PROTEIN BINDING; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; T LYMPHOCYTE; ANIMAL; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; HUMANS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 16644397488     PISSN: 15384047     EISSN: 15558576     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cbt.3.7.917     Document Type: Review

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