Ku's essential role in keeping telomeres intact

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 106, Issue 30, 2009, Pages 12217-12218

  Indiviglio, Sandra M ^a   Bertuch, Alison A ^a  

^a BAYLOR COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRACHROMOSOMAL DNA;

CELL DEATH; CHROMOSOME; DNA REPAIR; FLUORESCENCE IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; HUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TELOMERE;

ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME DELETION; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; GENES, ESSENTIAL; HCT116 CELLS; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; PROTEIN BINDING; RECEPTORS, TRANSFERRIN; RECQ HELICASES; TELOMERE;

EID: 68149112623     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0906427106     Document Type: Note

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