DNA repair pathways in trypanosomatids: From DNA repair to drug resistance

Microbiology and Molecular Biology Reviews

Volumn 78, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 40-73

  Genois, Marie Michelle ^a,b,c   Paquet, Eric R ^a,b   Laffitte, Marie Claude N ^c   Maity, Ranjan ^a,b   Rodrigue, Amilie ^a,b   Ouellette, Marc ^c   Massona, Jean Yves ^a,b  

^a LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c LAVAL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; ANTIPARASITIC AGENT; DNA (APURINIC OR APYRIMIDINIC SITE) LYASE; DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; MISMATCH REPAIR PROTEIN; NICOTINAMIDE ADENINE DINUCLEOTIDE ADENOSINE DIPHOSPHATE RIBOSYLTRANSFERASE; REACTIVE OXYGEN METABOLITE;

DNA DAMAGE; DNA END JOINING REPAIR; DNA HELIX; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA SYNTHESIS; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; DRUG RESISTANCE; EXCISION REPAIR; GENE FUNCTION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; KINETOPLASTIDA; LEISHMANIA INFANTUM; LEISHMANIA MAJOR; LEISHMANIASIS; MEIOSIS; MISMATCH REPAIR; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOREACTIVATION; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; TRYPANOSOMA BRUCEI; TRYPANOSOMA CRUZI; TRYPANOSOMIASIS; UNINDEXED SEQUENCE;

DNA; DNA REPAIR; DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMANS; LEISHMANIASIS; TRYPANOSOMATINA; TRYPANOSOMIASIS;

EID: 84896273636     PISSN: 10922172     EISSN: 10985557     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MMBR.00045-13     Document Type: Review

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