Non-homologous end-joining factors of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

FEMS Microbiology Reviews

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 581-601

  Dudášová, Zuzana ^a   Dudáš, Andrej ^a   Chovanec, Miroslav ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF CHEMISTRY   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

Lig4 Lif1; Mre11 Rad50 Xrs2; Nej1; Non homologous end joining; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Yku70 80

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; KU ANTIGEN; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE;

BACTERIAL STRAIN; CELL DEATH; DNA BINDING; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GENETIC STABILITY; HUMAN; METASTASIS; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SYNAPSE; YEAST;

DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 7944231563     PISSN: 01686445     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsre.2004.06.001     Document Type: Review

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