RecQ helicases in DNA double strand break repair and telomere maintenance

Mutation Research - Fundamental and Molecular Mechanisms of Mutagenesis

Volumn 736, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 15-24

  Singh, Dharmendra Kumar ^a   Ghosh, Avik K ^a   Croteau, Deborah L ^a   Bohr, Vilhelm A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON AGING   (United States)

Author keywords

Bloom syndrome; DNA double strand break repair; RecQ helicases; Rothmund Thomson syndrome; Telomere maintenance; Werner syndrome

Indexed keywords

BLOOM SYNDROME HELICASE; RECQ HELICASE; RECQL1 HELICASE; RECQL4 HELICASE; RECQL5 HELICASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; WERNER SYNDROME PROTEIN;

BLM GENE; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRUCTURE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE; GENE FUNCTION; GENETIC STABILITY; GENETIC TRANSCRIPTION; GENOMICS; HUMAN; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; RECQL1 GENE; RECQL4 GENE; RECQL5 GENE; REVIEW; STRUCTURE ANALYSIS; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; WRN GENE;

DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA REPAIR; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMANS; OXIDATIVE STRESS; RECQ HELICASES; TELOMERE;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84864499620     PISSN: 00275107     EISSN: 09218262     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2011.06.002     Document Type: Review

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