Non-homologous end-joining, a sticky affair

Oncogene

Volumn 26, Issue 56, 2007, Pages 7731-7740

  Van Gent, D C ^a   Van Der Burg, M ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Chromosomal instability; DNA damage response; DNA double strand break repair; DNA repair; Severe combined immunodeficiency; V(D)J recombination

Indexed keywords

ATM PROTEIN; DNA DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; KU ANTIGEN; MRE11 PROTEIN; NIBRIN; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE; RAD50 PROTEIN;

CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; DISEASE COURSE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; GENETIC DISORDER; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; MALIGNANT TRANSFORMATION; MAMMAL CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SEVERE COMBINED IMMUNODEFICIENCY;

DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; HUMANS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 36949012967     PISSN: 09509232     EISSN: 14765594     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1210871     Document Type: Review

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