TFIIH: When transcription met DNA repair

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 343-354

  Compe, Emmanuel ^a   Egly, Jean Marc ^a  

^a INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL NUCLEUS RECEPTOR; CYCLIN DEPENDENT KINASE 7; DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR IIH; XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM GROUP C PROTEIN;

CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA SYNTHESIS; EXCISION REPAIR; GENE ACTIVATION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR INTERACTION; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW; TRANSCRIPTION INITIATION;

ANIMALS; DISEASE; DNA REPAIR; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR TFIIH; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84861457511     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm3350     Document Type: Review

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