The N-clasp of human DNA polymerase κ promotes blockage or error-free bypass of adenine- or guanine-benzo[a]pyrenyl lesions

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 36, Issue 20, 2008, Pages 6571-6584

  Jia, Lei ^a   Geacintov, Nicholas E ^a   Broyde, Suse ^a  

^a NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; BENZO[A]PYRENE; DNA POLYMERASE; DNA POLYMERASE KAPPA; GUANINE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENE FUNCTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; MOLECULAR MODEL; MUTAGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE PAIRING; BENZOPYRENES; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEOXYCYTOSINE NUCLEOTIDES; DEOXYGUANOSINE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDES; DNA ADDUCTS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; MODELS, MOLECULAR; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; SEQUENCE ALIGNMENT;

ARCHAEA;

EID: 56649109929     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkn719     Document Type: Article

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