The Saccharomyces cerevisiae Msh2 and Msh6 proteins form a complex that specifically binds to duplex oligonucleotides containing mismatched DNA base pairs

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 5604-5615

  Alani, Eric ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; BASE PAIRING; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; DNA BINDING; DNA SEQUENCE; ENZYME BINDING; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE INSERTION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0029813614     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.10.5604     Document Type: Article

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