'To repair or not to repair - No longer a question': Repair of mitochondrial DNA shielding against age and cancer

Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 15, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 1005-1015

  Berneburg, Mark ^a   Kamenisch, York ^a   Krutmann, Jean ^b   Röcken, Martin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^b HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ageing; Carcinogenesis; Mitochondrial DNA repair; Oxidative DNA damage; Photoageing; Reactive oxygen species (ROS)

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA;

AGING; APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL ACTIVITY; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ENERGY YIELD; EXCISION REPAIR; GENE MUTATION; GENOME ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; MISMATCH REPAIR; NONHUMAN;

AGING; ANIMALS; DNA REPAIR; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 33750627938     PISSN: 09066705     EISSN: 16000625     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0625.2006.00508.x     Document Type: Article

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