Ku heterodimer-independent end joining in Trypanosoma brucei cell extracts relies upon sequence microhomology

Eukaryotic Cell

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2007, Pages 1773-1781

  Burton, Peter ^a   McBride, David J ^a   Wilkes, Jonathan M ^a   Barry, J David ^a   McCulloch, Richard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; CELL EXTRACT; CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; KU ANTIGEN; MAGNESIUM; PROTOZOAL DNA; RAD51 PROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CELL NUCLEUS; CYTOLOGY; DIMERIZATION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; BASE SEQUENCE; CATALYSIS; CELL EXTRACTS; CELL NUCLEUS; CONSERVED SEQUENCE; DIMERIZATION; DNA, PROTOZOAN; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MAGNESIUM; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; RAD51 RECOMBINASE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI BRUCEI;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; KINETOPLASTIDA; PROTISTA; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI;

EID: 35348871435     PISSN: 15359778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/EC.00212-07     Document Type: Article

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