Multiple roles of ERCC1-XPF in mammalian interstrand crosslink repair

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 51, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 567-581

  Rahn, Jennifer J ^a   Adair, Gerald M ^a   Nairn, Rodney S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA interstrand crosslinks; DNA repair; ERCC1 XPF; Recombination

Indexed keywords

EXCISION REPAIR CROSS COMPLEMENTING PROTEIN 1; EXCISION REPAIR CROSS COMPLEMENTING PROTEIN 1 XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM GROUP F PROTEIN COMPLEX PROTEIN; FANCONI ANEMIA GROUP A PROTEIN; FANCONI ANEMIA GROUP C PROTEIN; FANCONI ANEMIA GROUP D2 PROTEIN; FANCONI ANEMIA GROUP G PROTEIN; METHOXSALEN; NUCLEIC ACID BINDING PROTEIN; PROTEIN MSH2; PROTEIN MSH3; PROTEIN MSH3 PROTEIN MSH2 COMPLEX PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM GROUP A PROTEIN; XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM GROUP F PROTEIN; XRCC3 PROTEIN; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ENDONUCLEASE; ERCC1 PROTEIN, HUMAN;

DNA CROSS LINKING; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; EXCISION REPAIR; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; MISMATCH REPAIR; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; ULTRAVIOLET A RADIATION; ANIMAL; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY;

MAMMALIA;

ANIMALS; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDONUCLEASES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 77955889858     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: 10982280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/em.20583     Document Type: Review

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