Human premature aging, DNA repair and RecQ helicases

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 35, Issue 22, 2007, Pages 7527-7544

  Brosh Jr , Robert M ^a   Bohr, Vilhelm A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; EXONUCLEASE; HELICASE; KU ANTIGEN; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE 1; PROTEIN HR; RAD51 PROTEIN; RECQ HELICASE; RECQ1 HELICASE; RECQ5 HELICASE; REPLICATION FACTOR A; SINGLE STRANDED DNA BINDING PROTEIN; TELOSOME PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WERNER SYNDROME EXONUCLEASE;

CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CLINICAL FEATURE; DNA DENATURATION; DNA METABOLISM; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DNA STRUCTURE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEFICIENCY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; EXCISION REPAIR; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOGENESIS; PREMATURE AGING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN PROCESSING; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RECQ HELICASE DEFICIENCY; REVIEW; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; TELOMERE; WERNER SYNDROME;

AGING, PREMATURE; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; HUMANS; MUTATION; NEOPLASMS; RECQ HELICASES; REPLICATION PROTEIN A; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; TELOMERE;

EID: 38049075962     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkm1008     Document Type: Review

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