Coincident in vitro analysis of DNA-PK-dependent and -independent nonhomologous end joining

Journal of Nucleic Acids

Volumn 2010, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Hendrickson, Cynthia L ^a,b   Purkayastha, Shubhadeep ^a   Pastwa, Elzbieta ^c   Neumann, Ronald D ^a   Winters, Thomas A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH   (United States)

^b Applied Biosystems Framingham   (United States)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF LODZ   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE;

ARTICLE; CELL CULTURE; DNA END JOINING REPAIR; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; IN VITRO STUDY; MAMMAL CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

MAMMALIA;

EID: 78650623203     PISSN: 20900201     EISSN: 2090021X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4061/2010/823917     Document Type: Article

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