The many functions of APE1/Ref-1: Not only a DNA repair enzyme

Antioxidants and Redox Signaling

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 601-619

  Tell, Gianluca ^a   Quadrifoglio, Franco ^a   Tiribelli, Claudio ^b   Kelley, Mark R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TRIESTE   (Italy)

^c INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3 [5 (2,3 DIMETHOXY 6 METHYL 1,4 BENZOQUINOYL)] 2 NONYL 2 PROPIONIC ACID; ANGIOGENESIS INHIBITOR; CYTOSTATIC AGENT; E 3330; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE; REDOX EFFECTOR FACTOR 1; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; APEX1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; DNA (APURINIC OR APYRIMIDINIC SITE) LYASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; CELL SURVIVAL; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; DNA REPAIR; EXCISION REPAIR; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; MAMMAL CELL; MITOCHONDRION; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION REDUCTION REACTION; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PATHOLOGY; PLEIOTROPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN PROCESSING; REVIEW; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

DNA REPAIR; DNA-(APURINIC OR APYRIMIDINIC SITE) LYASE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; OXIDATION-REDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 58849166494     PISSN: 15230864     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ars.2008.2194     Document Type: Review

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