DNA polymerases and human disease

Nature Reviews Genetics

Volumn 9, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 594-604

  Loeb, Lawrence A ^a   Monnat Jr , Raymond J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; GENOMIC DNA;

ALZHEIMER DISEASE; ATHEROSCLEROSIS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC STABILITY; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; PARKINSON DISEASE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSORIASIS; REVIEW;

CHROMOSOMES, HUMAN; DISEASE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, ENZYMOLOGIC; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; THERAPEUTICS;

EID: 47649100711     PISSN: 14710056     EISSN: 14710064     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrg2345     Document Type: Review

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