The REC1 Gene of Ustilago maydis, Which Encodes a 3′ → 5′ Exonuclease, Couples DNA Repair and Completion of DNA Synthesis to a Mitotic Checkpoint

Genetics

Volumn 143, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 165-174

  Onel, Kenan ^a   Koff, Andrew ^b   Bennett, Richard L ^a   Unrau, Paul ^c   Holloman, William K ^a  

^a WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c CANADIAN NUCLEAR LABORATORIES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; DNA CONTENT; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENE MUTATION; LETHAL MUTANT; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RNA ANALYSIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; USTILAGO MAYDIS;

BASE SEQUENCE; CELL CYCLE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA, FUNGAL; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE V; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; KINETICS; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENESIS, SITE-DIRECTED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TIME FACTORS; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; USTILAGO;

EID: 0029931882     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 19432631     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/genetics/143.1.165     Document Type: Article

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