Distinct faces of the Ku heterodimer mediate DNA repair and telomeric functions

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 301-307

  Ribes Zamora, Albert ^a   Mihalek, Ivana ^a   Lichtarge, Olivier ^a   Bertuch, Alison A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HETERODIMER;

ALPHA HELIX; ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; EVOLUTION; HETEROCHROMATIN; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIMERIZATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; HUMANS; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, SECONDARY; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SILENT INFORMATION REGULATOR PROTEINS, SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIP; TELOMERE;

EID: 34247194102     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb1214     Document Type: Article

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