Organ and cell specificity of base excision repair mutants in mice

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 614, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 56-68

  Larsen, Elisabeth ^a   Meza, Trine J ^a   Kleppa, Liv ^a   Klungland, Arne ^a,b  

^a OSLO UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OSLO   (Norway)

Author keywords

Base excision repair; DNA glycosylase; Mice

Indexed keywords

8 OXOGUANINE DNA GLYCOSYLASE; ADENINE DNA GLYCOSYLASE; DNA (APURINIC OR APYRIMIDINIC SITE) LYASE; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE BETA; DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; FLAP ENDONUCLEASE 1; GENE PRODUCT; GENOMIC DNA; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE; PROTEIN NTH1; URACIL DNA GLYCOSIDASE; XRAY REPAIR CROSS COMPLEMENTING 1 PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CANCER GENETICS; CARCINOGENESIS; CELL SPECIFICITY; COMPUTER MODEL; DNA REPAIR; EXCISION REPAIR; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC DISORDER; GENETIC MODEL; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOUSE MUTANT; NONHUMAN; ORGAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TISSUE SPECIFICITY;

ANIMALS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA GLYCOSYLASES; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPAIR ENZYMES; MICE; MICE, KNOCKOUT; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; ORGAN SPECIFICITY;

EID: 33845522879     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2006.01.023     Document Type: Article

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