The deubiquitinating protein USP24 interacts with DDB2 and regulates DDB2 stability

Cell Cycle

Volumn 11, Issue 23, 2012, Pages 4378-4384

  Zhang, Ling ^a   Lubin, Abigail ^a   Chen, Hua ^a   Sun, Zhongyi ^b   Gong, Feng ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b THIRD MILITARY MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

DDB2; Deubiquitinase; Deubiquitination; Nucleotide excision repair; USP24; UV DDB; XPE; Yeast two hybrid

Indexed keywords

DAMAGE SPECIFIC DNA BINDING PROTEIN 2; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; UBIQUITIN SPECIFIC PROTEASE 24; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY;

EID: 84870862277     PISSN: 15384101     EISSN: 15514005     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4161/cc.22688     Document Type: Article

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