DNA polymerase delta in dna replication and genome maintenance

Environmental and Molecular Mutagenesis

Volumn 53, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 666-682

  Prindle, Marc J ^a   Loeb, Lawrence A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Cancer; DNA repair; DNA synthesis; Fidelity

Indexed keywords

BRCA2 PROTEIN; DNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE DELTA; DNA REPAIR PROTEIN; EXCISION REPAIR CROSS COMPLEMENTING PROTEIN 1; EXONUCLEASE; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE 1; NUCLEOTIDYLTRANSFERASE INHIBITOR; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

DNA BINDING; DNA BINDING MOTIF; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRUCTURE; DNA SYNTHESIS; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; ENZYME ACTIVE SITE; EXCISION REPAIR; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENE DOSAGE; GENOME; INDEL MUTATION; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MISMATCH REPAIR; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SYNTHESIS; TRANSLESION SYNTHESIS; TUMOR CELL;

BASE PAIR MISMATCH; CATALYTIC DOMAIN; DNA POLYMERASE III; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; GENOME; MODELS, MOLECULAR; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 84868710374     PISSN: 08936692     EISSN: 10982280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/em.21745     Document Type: Review

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