SMC proteins constitute two subunits of the mammalian recombination complex RC-1

EMBO Journal

Volumn 15, Issue 15, 1996, Pages 4061-4068

  Jessberger, Rolf ^a   Riwar, Brigitte ^a   Baechtold, Heidi ^a   Akhmedov, Alexandre T ^a  

^a BASEL INSTITUTE FOR IMMUNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

DNA renaturation; Recombination; Recombination complex 1; SMC proteins

Indexed keywords

DNA POLYMERASE; ENDONUCLEASE; POLYCLONAL ANTIBODY; POLYDEOXYRIBONUCLEOTIDE SYNTHASE; POLYPEPTIDE; PROTEIN SUBUNIT;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS REACTION; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND; DNA TRANSFER; FETUS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN FAMILY; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; THYMUS; XENOPUS LAEVIS; YEAST;

ANIMALIA; BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE; MAMMALIA; XENOPUS LAEVIS;

EID: 0029782098     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1460-2075.1996.tb00779.x     Document Type: Article

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