DNA polymerase POLQ and cellular defense against DNA damage

DNA Repair

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 1-9

  Yousefzadeh, Matthew J ^a,b   Wood, Richard D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS   (United States)

^b Program in Biomathematics and Biostatistics   (United States)

Author keywords

Abasic site; DNA polymerase; Genomic instability; Ionizing radiation; POLQ; Thymine glycol; Translesion synthesis

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; DNA POLYMERASE POLQ; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CANCER TISSUE; DNA CROSS LINKING; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; DNA SYNTHESIS; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXCISION REPAIR; GENE MUTATION; HEMATOPOIESIS; HUMAN; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DOMAIN; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN MOTIF; REVIEW; SOMATIC HYPERMUTATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA-DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; NEOPLASMS;

EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA; MUS;

EID: 84871715412     PISSN: 15687864     EISSN: 15687856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2012.10.004     Document Type: Review

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