Higher-order chromatin structure in DSB induction, repair and misrepair

Mutation Research - Reviews in Mutation Research

Volumn 704, Issue 1-3, 2010, Pages 88-100

  Falk, Martin ^a   Lukasova, Emilie ^a   Kozubek, Stanislav ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF BIOPHYSICS   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

DNA double strand breaks; DSB repair; Higher order chromatin structure; Nuclear organization; Radiosensitivity

Indexed keywords

HISTONE H2AX;

CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL CYCLE REGULATION; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME CONDENSATION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CONFOCAL MICROSCOPY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; GENE CLUSTER; GENE INDUCTION; GENE LOCUS; HETEROCHROMATIN; HUMAN; IMMUNODETECTION; IONIZING RADIATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN MODIFICATION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; RADIOLYSIS; REVIEW; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

CHROMATIN; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RADIATION, IONIZING; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

EID: 77951976102     PISSN: 13835742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrrev.2010.01.013     Document Type: Review

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