Mre11-Rad50-Nbs1 is a keystone complex connecting DNA repair machinery, double-strand break signaling, and the chromatin template

Biochemistry and Cell Biology

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 509-520

  Williams, R Scott ^a   Williams, Jessica S ^a   Tainer, John A ^a,b  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

ATM; Chromatin; DNA double strand break repair; Mre11 Rad50 Nbs1; X ray crystallography

Indexed keywords

CELL CULTURE; DNA; ENZYMES; MUTAGENESIS; STABILIZATION; X RAY CRYSTALLOGRAPHY;

BREAKAGE SYNDROME; CELL CYCLE; CHROMATIN; DNA DOUBLE-STRAND BREAK REPAIR;

BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING;

ABC TRANSPORTER; ATM PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; MRE11 PROTEIN; NIBRIN; NUCLEIC ACID; RAD50 PROTEIN;

ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; CELL CYCLE; CHROMATIN; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; EPIGENETICS; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; MAMMAL; NIJMEGEN BREAKAGE SYNDROME; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CHROMATIN; DNA; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPAIR ENZYMES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENZYME ACTIVATION; HUMANS; MACROMOLECULAR SUBSTANCES; MODELS, MOLECULAR; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; PROTEIN-SERINE-THREONINE KINASES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS;

ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA;

EID: 34948899943     PISSN: 08298211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1139/O07-069     Document Type: Review

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