ATM and DNA-PKcs make a complementary couple in DNA double strand break repair

Mutation Research - Reviews in Mutation Research

Volumn 751, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 29-35

  Martin M ^a   Terradas, M ^a   Tusell, L ^a   Genesca A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

Author keywords

ATM; DNA PKcs; DSB repair; Illegitimate repair; Residual DSBs

Indexed keywords

ATM PROTEIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEIC ACID DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE CATALYTIC SUBUNIT; PROTEIN KINASE; PROTEIN P53; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CELL CYCLE ARREST; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA END JOINING REPAIR; DNA REPAIR; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; VDJ RECOMBINATION;

EID: 84862219438     PISSN: 13835742     EISSN: 13882139     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrrev.2011.12.006     Document Type: Review

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