Binding of insertion/deletion DNA mismatches by the heterodimer of yeast mismatch repair proteins MSH2 and MSH3

Current Biology

Volumn 6, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 1185-1187

  Habraken, Yvette ^a   Sung, Patrick ^a   Prakash, Louise ^a   Prakash, Satya ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL BRANCH   (United States)

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EID: 0030250603     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-9822(02)70686-6     Document Type: Article

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