DNA repair diseases: What do they tell us about cancer and aging?

Genetics and Molecular Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 1 SUPPL. 1, 2014, Pages 220-233

  Menck, Carlos F M ^a   Munford, Veridiana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

DNA damage; DNA repair; Oxidative stress; Ultraviolet; Xeroderma pigmentosum

Indexed keywords

AGING; ARTICLE; CELL DEATH; CLINICAL FEATURE; DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER; DISEASE COURSE; DISORDERS OF DNA SYNTHESIS AND REPAIR; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA SYNTHESIS; EXCISION REPAIR; GENETIC ASSOCIATION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMAN; MUTAGENESIS; NEOPLASM; NERVE CELL DEGENERATION; NEUROLOGIC DISEASE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PHOTOSENSITIVITY; PREMATURE AGING; SKIN CANCER; XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM;

EID: 84901652568     PISSN: 14154757     EISSN: 16784685     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1415-47572014000200008     Document Type: Article

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