Control of structure-specific endonucleases to maintain genome stability

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 5, 2017, Pages 315-330

  Dehé, Pierre Marie ^a   Gaillard, Pierre Henri L ^a  

^a AIX MARSEILLE UNIVERSITY   (France)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CROSSOVER JUNCTION ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; ENDONUCLEASE; FLAP ENDONUCLEASE 1; MMS AND UV SENSITIVE PROTEIN 81; OKAZAKI FRAGMENT; SCAFFOLD PROTEIN; STRUCTURE SPECIFIC ENDONUCLEASE; SYNTHETIC LETHAL OF UNKNOWN FUNCTION 4 PROTEIN; TUMOR SUPPRESSOR PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; XERODERMA PIGMENTOSUM GROUP F COMPLEMENTING PROTEIN; XPG AND XPG LIKE ENDONUCLEASE 1; ZINC FINGER RAN BINDING DOMAIN CONTAINING PROTEIN 3; NUCLEAR MATRIX PROTEIN;

CELL CYCLE REGULATION; DNA ADDUCT; DNA DAMAGE CHECKPOINT; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME MECHANISM; ENZYME REGULATION; EXCISION REPAIR; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; HUMAN; INTERSTRAND CROSSLINK REPAIR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; REVIEW; ANIMAL; CELL CYCLE; METABOLISM;

ANIMALS; CELL CYCLE; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; ENDONUCLEASES; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HUMANS; NUCLEAR MATRIX-ASSOCIATED PROTEINS;

EID: 85015827880     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm.2016.177     Document Type: Review

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