Distinct roles of XRCC4 and Ku80 in non-homologous end-joining of endonuclease- and ionizing radiation-induced DNA double-strand breaks

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 2561-2569

  Schulte Uentrop, Leonie ^a   El Awady, Raafat A ^a,b   Schliecker, Lena ^a   Willers, Henning ^c   Dahm Daphi, Jochen ^a  

^a University Medical School Hamburg Eppendorf   (Germany)

^b CAIRO UNIVERSITY   (Egypt)

^c MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHROMOSOME PROTEIN; DNA DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; ENDONUCLEASE; PROTEIN KU80; PROTEIN XRCC4;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DEGRADATION; DNA METABOLISM; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; EMBRYO; FIBROBLAST; GENE FREQUENCY; IONIZING RADIATION; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; CELLS, CULTURED; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; MICE; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RADIATION, IONIZING;

MURINAE; MUS;

EID: 43349088569     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn094     Document Type: Article

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