A multifaceted role for ATM in genome maintenance

Expert Reviews in Molecular Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 16, 2003, Pages

  Pandita, Tej K ^a  

^a WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

A T; ataxia telangiectasia; ATM; cancer; DNA damage; neurodegeneration; signal transduction

Indexed keywords

ATM PROTEIN; CELL CYCLE PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN SERINE THREONINE KINASE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN;

ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; CELL CYCLE; DNA REPAIR; GENETICS; HUMAN; METABOLISM; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; TELOMERE;

ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; TELOMERE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 1842515632     PISSN: 14623994     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1462399403006318     Document Type: Review

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