Coordination of DNA-PK activation and nuclease processing of DNA termini in NHEJ

Antioxidants and Redox Signaling

Volumn 14, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 2531-2543

  Pawelczak, Katherine S ^a   Bennett, Sara M ^a   Turchi, John J ^a,b  

^a Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology ^*  (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTEMIS; CYCLIC AMP DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE CATALYTIC SUBUNIT; DNA; DNA POLYMERASE; KU ANTIGEN; NUCLEASE; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL CYCLE; DNA BINDING; DNA REPAIR; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRUCTURE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; HUMAN; NONHOMOLOGOUS END JOINING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; RNA PROCESSING;

ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; DNA; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA REPAIR; DNA-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDONUCLEASES; ENZYME ACTIVATION; NUCLEAR PROTEINS;

EID: 79957506234     PISSN: 15230864     EISSN: 15577716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/ars.2010.3368     Document Type: Review

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