Mechanism of nonhomologous end-joining in mycobacteria: A low-fidelity repair system driven by Ku, ligase D and ligase C

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 304-312

  Gong, Chunling ^a   Bongiorno, Paola ^a   Martins, Alexandra ^a   Stephanou, Nicolas C ^a   Zhu, Hui ^a   Shuman, Stewart ^a   Glickman, Michael S ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KU ANTIGEN; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE (ATP);

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MUTAGENIC ACTIVITY; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPEN READING FRAME; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; CHEMISTRY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA TEMPLATE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; PROTEIN BINDING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERINEAE; EUKARYOTA; MYCOBACTERIUM;

ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA LIGASES; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MUTATION; MYCOBACTERIUM SMEGMATIS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TEMPLATES, GENETIC;

EID: 18744380665     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb915     Document Type: Article

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