The cutting edges in DNA repair, licensing, and fidelity: DNA and RNA repair nucleases sculpt DNA to measure twice, cut once

DNA Repair

Volumn 19, Issue , 2014, Pages 95-107

  Tsutakawa, Susan E ^a   Lafrance Vanasse, Julien ^a   Tainer, John A ^a,b  

^a Life Sciences Division   (United States)

^b SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

APE1; Base excision repair; Crystallography; DNA; DNA repair; DNase; Double strand break repair; EndoIV; Endonucleases; EndoV; Enzyme DNA complex; Exo1; Exonuclease; FEN1; Genome maintenance; Magnesium; Manganese; Metals; Mismatch repair; Mre11; Nfi; Nfo; Nucleases; Nucleotide incision repair; RNA; RNase; Structure specific nuclease; TDP2; Telomere; UVDE; Vsr; Zinc

Indexed keywords

APURINIC ENDONUCLEASE 1; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE I; ENDONUCLEASE; ENDONUCLEASE V; EXONUCLEASE; EXONUCLEASE 1; FLAP ENDONUCLEASE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE; RIBONUCLEASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VERY SHORT PATCH REPAIR ENDONUCLEASE; APEX1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE (PYRIMIDINE DIMER); DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE IV; DNA (APURINIC OR APYRIMIDINIC SITE) LYASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FEN1 PROTEIN, HUMAN; MULTIENZYME COMPLEX; NUCLEAR PROTEIN; TDP2 PROTEIN, HUMAN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR; UV ENDONUCLEASE; VSR ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; CANCER PROGNOSIS; CYTOLOGY; DNA HELIX; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME STRUCTURE; EXCISION REPAIR; HUMAN; LICENSING; MEIOTIC RECOMBINATION; MISMATCH REPAIR; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA REPAIR; RNA STRUCTURE; SYNTHETIC BIOLOGY; TELOMERE HOMEOSTASIS; CHEMISTRY; CONFORMATION; DNA DAMAGE; GENETICS; PROTEIN CONFORMATION;

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE (PYRIMIDINE DIMER); DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE IV (PHAGE T4-INDUCED); DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA-(APURINIC OR APYRIMIDINIC SITE) LYASE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; FLAP ENDONUCLEASES; HUMANS; MULTIENZYME COMPLEXES; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; NUCLEIC ACID CONFORMATION; PROTEIN CONFORMATION; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

EID: 84902119190     PISSN: 15687864     EISSN: 15687856     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.dnarep.2014.03.022     Document Type: Article

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