DNA damage responses in neural cells: Focus on the telomere

Neuroscience

Volumn 145, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 1439-1448

  Zhang, P ^a   Dilley, C ^a   Mattson, M P ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Alzheimer's disease; apoptosis; ATM; gamma H2AX; neurogenesis; trf2

Indexed keywords

ATM PROTEIN; DNA DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; FOLIC ACID; HOMOCYSTEINE; NUCLEOPROTEIN; PROTEIN P53; REPETITIVE DNA; TELOMERASE; TELOMERIC REPEAT BINDING FACTOR 2;

AGING; ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; BRAIN REGION; CATALYSIS; CELL DEATH; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME; DEGENERATIVE DISEASE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; NERVE CELL; NERVE FIBER GROWTH; NERVOUS SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; STROKE; TELOMERE;

ANIMALS; CELL AGING; CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR-DEFICIENCY DISORDERS; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; NERVOUS SYSTEM; NEURODEGENERATIVE DISEASES; NEURONS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; TATA BOX BINDING PROTEIN-LIKE PROTEINS; TELOMERE; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

EID: 34247137144     PISSN: 03064522     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2006.11.052     Document Type: Review

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