Mechanisms and Consequences of Double-Strand DNA Break Formation in Chromatin

Journal of Cellular Physiology

Volumn 231, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 3-14

  Cannan, Wendy J ^a   Pederson, David S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERMONT COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CANCER CELL; CANCER PATIENT; CANCER RADIOTHERAPY; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE PROGRESSION; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA DENATURATION; DNA END JOINING REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TRANSCRIPTION; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; EXCISION REPAIR; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; HETEROZYGOSITY LOSS; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; LINEAR ENERGY TRANSFER; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOSOME; PHASE 3 CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SECONDARY STRUCTURE; RADIATION DOSE FRACTIONATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REGULATORY MECHANISM; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CELL CYCLE; DNA REPAIR; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

CHROMATIN;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; CHROMATIN; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA END-JOINING REPAIR; DNA REPAIR; HUMANS; RADIATION, IONIZING;

EID: 84942354037     PISSN: 00219541     EISSN: 10974652     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jcp.25048     Document Type: Review

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