Nonhomologous DNA end joining (NHEJ) and chromosomal translocations in humans

Subcellular Biochemistry

Volumn 50, Issue , 2014, Pages 279-296

  Lieber, Michael R ^a   Gu, Jiafeng ^b   Lu, Haihui ^b   Shimazaki, Noriko ^b   Tsai, Albert G ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Artemis; Cernunnos; DNA ligase IV; DNA polymerase ; DNA recombination; DNA repair; DNA dependent protein kinase DNA polymerase ; DNA PKcs; Double strand DNA breaks; Incompatible DNA ends; Ku; NHEJ; Polymerase slippage; Template independent synthesis; XLF; XRCC4

Indexed keywords

EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 84934874465     PISSN: 03060225     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-90-481-3471-7_14     Document Type: Article

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