The Mre11/Rad50/Nbs1 complex functions in resection-based DNA end joining in Xenopus laevis

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 441-454

  Taylor, Elaine M ^a   Cecillon, Sophie M ^b   Bonis, Antonio ^a   Ross Chapman, J ^b,d   Povirk, Lawrence F ^c   Lindsay, Howard D ^a  

^a LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^c VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; KU ANTIGEN; MRE11 PROTEIN; NIBRIN; RAD50 PROTEIN; CARRIER PROTEIN; CELL NUCLEUS ANTIGEN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; MRE11 PROTEIN, XENOPUS; NBS1 PROTEIN, XENOPUS; RAD50 PROTEIN, XENOPUS; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN; XENOPUS PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA REPAIR; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; XENOPUS LAEVIS; ANIMAL; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; OOCYTE; PHYSIOLOGY;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCETALES; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; CARRIER PROTEINS; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA REPAIR; DNA-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; OVUM; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEINS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; XENOPUS PROTEINS;

EID: 77449090212     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkp905     Document Type: Article

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