Non-homologous end joining: emerging themes and unanswered questions.

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Published in DNA Repair (Amst) on February 26, 2014

Authors

Sarvan Kumar Radhakrishnan1, Nicholas Jette1, Susan P Lees-Miller2

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Southern Alberta Cancer Research Institute, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive, NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4N1.
2: Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology and Southern Alberta Cancer Research Institute, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive, NW, Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4N1. Electronic address: leesmill@ucalgary.ca.

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