Electron microscopy reconstructions of DNA repair complexes

Current Opinion in Structural Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 215-220

  Llorca, Oscar ^a  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLÓGICAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CONFORMATIONAL TRANSITION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRUCTURE; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE REARRANGEMENT; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; IMAGE ANALYSIS; IMAGE PROCESSING; IMAGING SYSTEM; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; STAINING; SYNAPSE;

CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; IMAGING, THREE-DIMENSIONAL; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MODELS, MOLECULAR; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 34247140502     PISSN: 0959440X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sbi.2007.03.009     Document Type: Review

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