DNA double strand break repair via non-homologous end-joining

Translational Cancer Research

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 130-143

  Davis, Anthony J ^a   Chen, David J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA double strand breaks; DNA Ligase IV; DNA PKcs; Ku70 80; Non homologous end joining; XLF; XRCC4

Indexed keywords

EID: 84964063204     PISSN: 2218676X     EISSN: 22196803     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3978/j.issn.2218-676X.2013.04.02     Document Type: Review

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