Mechanistic flexibility as a conserved theme across 3 billion years of nonhomologous DNA end-joining

Genes and Development

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 411-415

  Gu, Jiafeng ^a   Lieber, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE ALPHA; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE;

BACTERIAL ENDOSPORE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; MUTAGENESIS; MYCOBACTERIUM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANIMALS; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA REPAIR; HUMANS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 39449112668     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: 15495477     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.1646608     Document Type: Review

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