Histones as tumour suppressor genes

Cellular and Molecular Life Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 15, 2005, Pages 1653-1656

  Zaid, O ^a   Downs, J A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE;

APOPTOSIS; CARCINOGENESIS; CHROMOSOME; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; GENOMICS; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR GENE; YEAST;

ANIMALS; GENES, TUMOR SUPPRESSOR; HISTONES; MICE; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 23844440000     PISSN: 1420682X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00018-005-5091-6     Document Type: Review

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