Survey and summary multiple facets of histone variant H2AX: A DNA double-strand-break marker with several biological functions

Nucleic Acids Research

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 2489-2498

  Turinetto, Valentina ^a   Giachino, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HISTONE H2AX; SERINE; H2AFX PROTEIN, HUMAN; HISTONE;

AGING; CELL AGING; CHROMATIN REGULATION; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CHROMOSOMES AND CHROMOSOMAL PHENOMENA; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; EMBRYONIC STEM CELL; GERM CELL; HISTONE PHOSPHORYLATION; HUMAN; MITOSIS; NERVE CELL DIFFERENTIATION; NEURAL STEM CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SOMATIC CELL; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; METABOLISM; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESS;

DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA REPAIR; FEMALE; HISTONES; HUMANS; MALE; MITOSIS; PHOSPHORYLATION; PHYSIOLOGICAL PROCESSES; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

EID: 84930952017     PISSN: 03051048     EISSN: 13624962     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkv061     Document Type: Review

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