Non-homologous end joining: Emerging themes and unanswered questions

DNA Repair

Volumn 17, Issue , 2014, Pages 2-8

  Radhakrishnan, Sarvan Kumar ^a   Jette, Nicholas ^a   Lees Miller, Susan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

DNA double strand break repair; Ionizing radiation; Non homologous end joining

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HETERODIMER; KU ANTIGEN; DNA DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; DNA LIGASE; NUCLEAR PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE CHECKPOINT; DNA DAMAGE; DNA END JOINING REPAIR; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RADIATION INJURY REPAIR; CELL CYCLE; METABOLISM; RADIATION RESPONSE;

CELL CYCLE; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA END-JOINING REPAIR; DNA REPAIR ENZYMES; DNA-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; HUMANS; NUCLEAR PROTEINS;

EID: 84900410570     PISSN: 15687864     EISSN: 15687856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2014.01.009     Document Type: Article

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