The repair of environmentally relevant DNA double strand breaks caused by high linear energy transfer irradiation - No simple task

DNA Repair

Volumn 17, Issue , 2014, Pages 64-73

  Moore, Shaun ^a   Stanley, Fintan K T ^a   Goodarzi, Aaron A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alpha particles; Artemis; DNA double strand break repair; DNA PK; High LET radiation; HZE particles; Ku; Non homologous end joining

Indexed keywords

ATM PROTEIN; DNA FRAGMENT; PROTEIN KINASE; RADON; DNA DEPENDENT PROTEIN KINASE; DNA LIGASE;

ARTICLE; CATALYSIS; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; COSMIC RADIATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA END JOINING REPAIR; DNA REPAIR; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; ENZYME PHOSPHORYLATION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HIGH LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER IRRADIATION; HUMAN; IRRADIATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPACE FLIGHT; IONIZING RADIATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; METABOLISM; RADIATION RESPONSE;

DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA END-JOINING REPAIR; DNA REPAIR ENZYMES; DNA-ACTIVATED PROTEIN KINASE; HUMANS; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; RADIATION, IONIZING;

EID: 84900433077     PISSN: 15687864     EISSN: 15687856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2014.01.014     Document Type: Article

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