DNA double-strand-break complexity levels and their possible contributions to the probability for error-prone processing and repair pathway choice

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 41, Issue 16, 2013, Pages 7589-7605

  Schipler, Agnes ^a   Iliakis, George ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA FRAGMENT; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; CARCINOGENICITY; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; DNA END JOINING REPAIR; DNA REPAIR; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; OXIDATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RECOMBINATION REPAIR; SINGLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; REVIEW;

DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA REPAIR; MODELS, MOLECULAR;

EID: 84886806613     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt556     Document Type: Article

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