Chromatin loops, illegitimate recombination, and genome evolution

BioEssays

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 278-286

  Kantidze, Omar L ^a   Razin, Sergey V ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF GENE BIOLOGY   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

DNA loops; MAR; NHEJ; Nuclear matrix; Topoisomerase II

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE; ETOPOSIDE; GAMMA HISTONE H2AX; GENOMIC DNA; GYRASE INHIBITOR; HISTONE H2AX; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL COMPARTMENTALIZATION; CELL NUCLEUS MATRIX; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENT; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS INHIBITION; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; EUKARYOTIC CELL; GENE CLUSTER; GENE DELETION; GENE LOCATION; GENE TARGETING; METAPHASE; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; REVIEW;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; DNA; DNA TOPOISOMERASES, TYPE II; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME; HUMANS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 65249156005     PISSN: 02659247     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bies.200800165     Document Type: Review

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