Alkylation damage in DNA and RNA - Repair mechanisms and medical significance

DNA Repair

Volumn 3, Issue 11, 2004, Pages 1389-1407

  Drabløs, Finn ^a   Feyzi, Emadoldin ^a   Aas, Per Arne ^a   Vaagbø, Cathrine B ^a   Kavli, Bodil ^a   Bratlie, Marit S ^a   Peña Diaz, Javier ^a   Otterlei, Marit ^a   Slupphaug, Geir ^a   Krokan, Hans E ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

Author keywords

AlkB homologues; Alkyltransferase; Alylating cytostatics; Base excision repair; DNA repair modulation; N nitroso compounds

Indexed keywords

6 O ALKYLGUANINE DNA ALKYLTRANSFERASE; 6 O BENZYLGUANINE; 6 O METHYLGUANINE; ALKYLATING AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CARMUSTINE; CHLORAMBUCIL; CISPLATIN; DNA; DNA BASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; FOTEMUSTINE; IMATINIB; LOMUSTINE; METHYLNITROSOUREA; MITOMYCIN; NITROSAMINE; OXYGENASE; PROCARBAZINE; RNA; STREPTOZOCIN; TEMOZOLOMIDE; VINCRISTINE;

BASE MISPAIRING; CANCER RISK; CARCINOGENICITY; CLINICAL TRIAL; CYTOTOXICITY; DNA ADDUCT; DNA ALKYLATION; DNA CROSS LINKING; DNA DAMAGE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; DRUG POTENTIATION; DRUG TARGETING; EUKARYOTE; EXCISION REPAIR; GENOTOXICITY; GLIOBLASTOMA; HUMAN; MUTAGENICITY; MUTATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHYLOGENY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SHORT SURVEY; SIDE EFFECT;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; NICOTIANA TABACUM;

EID: 4544339891     PISSN: 15687864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2004.05.004     Document Type: Review

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