DNA repair, genome stability and cancer: A historical perspective

Nature Reviews Cancer

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 35-42

  Jeggo, Penny A ^a   Pearl, Laurence H ^a   Carr, Antony M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATM PROTEIN; ATR PROTEIN; CARCINOGEN; MUTAGENIC AGENT; PROTEIN MUTL; PROTEIN MUTS; PROTEIN P21; PROTEIN P53;

CARCINOGENESIS; DNA ADDUCT; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DOWN REGULATION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMAN; NEOPLASM; NONHUMAN; ONCOGENE; OXIDATIVE STRESS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION EXPOSURE; REVIEW; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; UPREGULATION; ANIMAL; GENETICS; HISTORY; PATHOLOGY; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DNA REPAIR; GENETIC RESEARCH; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HUMANS; NEOPLASMS;

EID: 84952638428     PISSN: 1474175X     EISSN: 14741768     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrc.2015.4     Document Type: Review

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