Double-strand breaks repair by non-homologous DNA end joining in mammalian cells

Current Genomics

Volumn 7, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 311-322

  Malinowski, Mariusz ^a   Pastwa, Elzbieta ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

Artemis; DNA double strand breaks repair; DNA PK; DNA PKcs; Genome stability; Ku70; Ku80; Ligase IV; NHEJ; Non homologous DNA end joining; XRCC4

Indexed keywords

DNA DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; KU ANTIGEN; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; AUTOPHOSPHORYLATION; BLOOM SYNDROME; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL DEATH; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME PAIRING; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; DNA DETERMINATION; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DNA STRUCTURE; EUKARYOTE; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LYMPHOMA; MAMMAL CELL; MYELOMA; NONHUMAN; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PROTEIN DETERMINATION; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RADIOSENSITIVITY; REVIEW;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 33750005173     PISSN: 13892029     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2174/138920206778604386     Document Type: Review

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