Structural Aspects of Ku and the DNA-Dependent Protein Kinase Complex

DNA Damage Recognition

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 629-684

  Hendrickson, Eric A ^a   Huffman, Joy L ^b   Tainer, John A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1201/9780849352683-38     Document Type: Chapter

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