Histone modifications and DNA double-strand break repair after exposure to ionizing radiations

Radiation Research

Volumn 179, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 383-392

  Hunt, Clayton R ^a   Ramnarain, Deepti ^a   Horikoshi, Nobuo ^a   Iyengar, Puneeth ^a   Pandita, Raj K ^a   Shay, Jerry W ^a   Pandita, Tej K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELL DNA; HISTONE H2AX; HISTONE H3; HISTONE H4; HISTONE METHYLTRANSFERASE;

CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA END JOINING REPAIR; DNA METABOLISM; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME DEGRADATION; GENE FUNCTION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; GENOTOXICITY; HISTONE ACETYLATION; HISTONE CODE; HISTONE METHYLATION; HISTONE MODIFICATION; HISTONE PHOSPHORYLATION; HISTONE UBIQUITINATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROCESSING; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; X CHROMOSOME;

ACETYLATION; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; HISTONES; HUMANS; METHYLATION; PHOSPHORYLATION; RADIATION, IONIZING; UBIQUITINATION;

EID: 84876274744     PISSN: 00337587     EISSN: 19385404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1667/RR3308.2     Document Type: Review

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