To live or to die: A matter of processing damaged DNA termini in neurons

EMBO Molecular Medicine

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 78-88

  El Khamisy, Sherif F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Aprataxin; DNA repair; Neuron; TDP1; Topoisomerase

Indexed keywords

ALBUMIN; ALPHA FETOPROTEIN; APRATAXIN; ATAXIA OCULOMOTOR APRAXIA 1 PROTEIN; ATAXIA OCULOMOTOR APRAXIA 2 PROTEIN; ATAXIN 1; CULLIN; CULLIN 4B; DNA TOPOISOMERASE; HELICASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; PHOSPHOPROTEIN PHOSPHATASE; POLYNUCLEOTIDE KINASE PHOSPHATASE; PROTEIN; RNA HELICASE; SENATAXIN; SPINOCEREBELLAR ATAXIA WITH AXONAL NEUROPATHY 1 PROTEIN; TYROSYL DNA PHOSPHODIESTERASE 1; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGING; APRAXIA; ATAXIA TELANGIECTASIA; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CELL PROLIFERATION; CEREBELLUM; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CLINICAL FEATURE; DISORDERS OF DNA SYNTHESIS AND REPAIR; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; HUMAN; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA DISORDER; NERVE CELL; NERVE DEGENERATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SPINOCEREBELLAR DEGENERATION;

DNA REPAIR; HEREDODEGENERATIVE DISORDERS, NERVOUS SYSTEM; HUMANS; NEURONS; PHOSPHORIC DIESTER HYDROLASES;

EID: 79551513593     PISSN: 17574676     EISSN: 17574684     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/emmm.201000114     Document Type: Review

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