Mutations in two Ku homologs define a DNA end-joining repair pathway in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 16, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 4189-4198

  Milne, G Todd ^b   Jin, Shengfang ^c   Shannon, Katie B ^c   Weaver, David T ^a  

^a DANA FARBER CANCER INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b WHITEHEAD INSTITUTE FOR BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^c NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE DELETION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

EID: 0029954821     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.16.8.4189     Document Type: Article

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