Non-homologous DNA end joining and alternative pathways to double-strand break repair

Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 8, 2017, Pages 495-506

  Chang, Howard H Y ^a   Pannunzio, Nicholas R ^a   Adachi, Noritaka ^b   Lieber, Michael R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ATR PROTEIN; DNA LIGASE; ENDONUCLEASE; POLYNUCLEOTIDE 5' HYDROXYL KINASE; RAD52 PROTEIN; XRCC4 PROTEIN;

CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA DAMAGE RESPONSE; DNA END JOINING REPAIR; DNA HAIRPIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; ENZYME ACTIVITY; HUMAN; IONIZING RADIATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PHOSPHORYLATION; REVIEW; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; VDJ RECOMBINATION; ANIMAL; DNA REPAIR; GENETICS; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA END-JOINING REPAIR; DNA REPAIR; HUMANS;

EID: 85026913421     PISSN: 14710072     EISSN: 14710080     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/nrm.2017.48     Document Type: Review

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