Cellular functions of BRCA genes - From basic science to therapeutics

Japanese Journal of Cancer and Chemotherapy

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 498-501

  Miki, Yoshio ^a  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL AND DENTAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

BRCA1; BRCA2; PARP inhibitors; Repair DNA damage

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; ATM PROTEIN; ATR PROTEIN; BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; RAD51 PROTEIN;

CELL DEATH; CELL FUNCTION; CHROMATIN ASSEMBLY AND DISASSEMBLY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; G2 PHASE CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; GENE INACTIVATION; GENE INTERACTION; GENETIC REGULATION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMAN; SHORT SURVEY; SINGLE STRANDED DNA BREAK;

EID: 84862573536     PISSN: 03850684     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Short Survey

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