Mechanism of homologous recombination and implications for aging-related deletions in mitochondrial DNA

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 476-496

  Chen, Xin Jie ^a  

^a State University of New York Upstate Medical University: College of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXONUCLEASE; HELICASE; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR A; RAD51 PROTEIN; RECA PROTEIN;

AGING; GENE CONTROL; GENE DELETION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

AGING; ANIMALS; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMANS; RAD51 RECOMBINASE; RAD52 DNA REPAIR AND RECOMBINATION PROTEIN; REC A RECOMBINASES;

EID: 84884526150     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: 10985557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.00007-13     Document Type: Review

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