Biochemistry and genetics of eukaryotic mismatch repair

Genes and Development

Volumn 10, Issue 12, 1996, Pages 1433-1442

  Kolodner, Richatd ^a,b  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DNA; DNA POLYMERASE; EXONUCLEASE; GENE PRODUCT;

BASE MISPAIRING; CANCER SUSCEPTIBILITY; DNA DAMAGE; DNA NICK TRANSLATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; EXCISION REPAIR; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0029784320     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gad.10.12.1433     Document Type: Review

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