The sticky business of histone H2AX in V(D)J recombination, maintenance of genomic stability, and suppression of lymphoma

Immunologic Research

Volumn 42, Issue 1-3, 2008, Pages 29-40

  Yin, Bu ^a   Bassing, Craig H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Cell cycle checkpoints; Chromatin; DNA repair; Double strand breaks; Genomic instability; Histone H2AX; V(D)J recombination

Indexed keywords

DNA; HISTONE H2AX; LYMPHOCYTE ANTIGEN; H2AFX PROTEIN, HUMAN; H2AX PROTEIN, MOUSE; HISTONE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CANCER INHIBITION; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL PROLIFERATION; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; GENE REPRESSION; GENE TRANSLOCATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; LYMPHOCYTE DIFFERENTIATION; LYMPHOMA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SISTER CHROMATID; ANIMAL; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENETICS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA REPAIR; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HISTONES; HUMANS; IMMUNOGLOBULIN VARIABLE REGION; LYMPHOMA;

EID: 61849113356     PISSN: 0257277X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12026-008-8030-4     Document Type: Review

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