The emerging role of Polycomb repressors in the response to DNA damage

Journal of Cell Science

Volumn 125, Issue 17, 2012, Pages 3939-3948

  Vissers, Joseph H A ^a   Van Lohuizen, Maarten ^a   Citterio, Elisabetta ^a  

^a NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

DNA damage response; DNA double strand breaks (DSBs); Epigenetic gene silencing; Histone ubiquitylation; Polycomb

Indexed keywords

CLASTOGEN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HISTONE H2A; POLYCOMB GROUP PROTEIN;

CATALYSIS; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EPIGENETICS; GENE SILENCING; GENOME; HISTONE UBIQUITINATION; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; REPRESSOR GENE; UBIQUITINATION;

ANIMALS; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA DAMAGE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; POLYCOMB-GROUP PROTEINS; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRANSCRIPTION, GENETIC;

EID: 84869102655     PISSN: 00219533     EISSN: 14779137     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jcs.107375     Document Type: Note

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