Rules of engagement for base excision repair in chromatin

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 228, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 258-266

  Odell, Ian D ^a   Wallace, Susan S ^a   Pederson, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

8 HYDROXYGUANINE; DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE;

APOPTOSIS; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA END JOINING REPAIR; DNA HELIX; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; EXCISION REPAIR; HISTONE MODIFICATION; IONIZING RADIATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; SINGLE STRANDED DNA BREAK;

ANIMALS; CHROMATIN; DNA DAMAGE; DNA GLYCOSYLASES; DNA LIGASES; DNA POLYMERASE BETA; DNA REPAIR; DNA-(APURINIC OR APYRIMIDINIC SITE) LYASE; HUMANS; MICE; NUCLEOSOMES; NUCLEOTIDES; OXIDATIVE STRESS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84868035470     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: 10974652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.24134     Document Type: Article

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