The Mre11 complex and the metabolism of chromosome breaks: The importance of communicating and holding things together

DNA Repair

Volumn 3, Issue 8-9, 2004, Pages 845-854

  Stracker, Travis H ^a   Theunissen, Jan Willem F ^a   Morales, Monica ^a   Petrini, John H J ^a  

^a MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ATM; Checkpoints; Double strand breaks; Mre11 complex

Indexed keywords

MRE11 PROTEIN; RAD50 PROTEIN;

CARCINOGENESIS; CELL CYCLE; CELL GROWTH; CELL VIABILITY; CHROMATID; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC STABILITY; HUMAN; MAMMAL CELL; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; YEAST;

ALLELES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOMES; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPAIR ENZYMES; DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENOME; HUMANS; MEIOSIS; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; NEOPLASMS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 3242891189     PISSN: 15687864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2004.03.014     Document Type: Review

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