DNA resection in eukaryotes: Deciding how to fix the break

Nature Structural and Molecular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 11-16

  Huertas, Pablo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

BIOLOGICAL MODEL; CELL CYCLE; DNA REPAIR; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; EUKARYOTE; GENE; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

CELL CYCLE; DNA; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA REPAIR; EUKARYOTA; GENES, CDC; MODELS, GENETIC; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 77449086623     PISSN: 15459993     EISSN: 15459985     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nsmb.1710     Document Type: Article

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