Electron microscopy visualization of DNA-protein complexes formed by Ku and DNA ligase IV

DNA Repair

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 74-81

  Grob, Patricia ^a   Zhang, Teri T ^b   Hannah, Ryan ^a   Yang, Hui ^c   Hefferin, Melissa L ^c   Tomkinson, Alan E ^c   Nogales, Eva ^a,b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d LAWRENCE BERKELEY NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA ligase; End bridging; Ku; Non homologous end joining

Indexed keywords

HETERODIMER; KU ANTIGEN; MULTIPROTEIN COMPLEX; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE; POLYMER; SODIUM CHLORIDE; STREPTAVIDIN;

AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; CELL VIABILITY; COMPLEX FORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; DNA REPAIR; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; GENE INTERACTION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; IN VITRO STUDY; IN VIVO STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; YEAST;

ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA LIGASES; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; STAINING AND LABELING; SUBSTRATE SPECIFICITY;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84855343773     PISSN: 15687864     EISSN: 15687856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2011.10.023     Document Type: Article

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