DNA double-strand break repair: From mechanistic understanding to cancer treatment

DNA Repair

Volumn 6, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 923-935

  Helleday, Thomas ^a,b   Lo, Justin ^c   van Gent, Dik C ^d   Engelward, Bevin P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

DNA damage response; DNA double strand break; DNA repair; Homologous recombination; Non homologous end joining; Replication

Indexed keywords

DNA;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CANCER; CANCER CHEMOTHERAPY; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DNA TEMPLATE; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREMATURE AGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CELL TRANSFORMATION, NEOPLASTIC; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPAIR ENZYMES; DNA REPLICATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 34249945536     PISSN: 15687864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2007.02.006     Document Type: Article

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