MSH6, a Saccharomyces cerevisiae protein that binds to mismatches as a heterodimer with MSH2

Current Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 484-486

  Iaccarino, Ingram ^a   Palombo, Fabio ^a   Drummond, James ^b   Totty, Nicholas F ^c   Hsuan, J Justin ^c,d   Modrich, Paul ^b   Jiricny, Josef ^a  

^a IRBM   (Italy)

^b DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c LUDWIG INSTITUTE FOR CANCER RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^d UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ESCHERICHIA COLI; MAMMALIA; PROKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

DNA BINDING PROTEIN; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; MSH2 PROTEIN, FUNGAL; MSH2 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; MSH6 PROTEIN, S CEREVISIAE; PROTEIN MSH2; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA REPAIR; HELA CELL; HUMAN; METABOLISM; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA REPAIR; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; HELA CELLS; HUMANS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTS HOMOLOG 2 PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EID: 0030113449     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)00516-X     Document Type: Article

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