Functional differences and interactions among the putative RecA homologs Rad51, Rad55, and Rad57

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 15, Issue 9, 1995, Pages 4843-4850

  Johnson, Roger D ^a   Symington, Lorraine S ^a  

^a The New York Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; IONIZING RADIATION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; RADIATION INJURY REPAIR; RECA GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPOROGENESIS;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0029164962     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.15.9.4843     Document Type: Article

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