Werner syndrome protein: Functions in the response to DNA damage and replication stress in S-phase

Experimental Gerontology

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 871-878

  Cheng, Wen Hsing ^a   Muftuoglu, Meltem ^a   Bohr, Vilhelm A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Aging; Base excision repair; DNA repair; Recombination; Replication; Telomere; Werner syndrome

Indexed keywords

NUCLEAR PROTEIN; RECQ HELICASE; WERNER SYNDROME PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA METABOLISM; DNA REPLICATION; METABOLIC REGULATION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PREMATURE AGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SHORT SURVEY; TELOMERE; WERNER SYNDROME;

ANIMALS; CELL AGING; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPLICATION; HUMANS; LAMININ; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; RECQ HELICASES; S PHASE; TELOMERE; WERNER SYNDROME;

MUS;

EID: 34547931623     PISSN: 05315565     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.exger.2007.04.011     Document Type: Short Survey

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