The repair of DNA methylation damage in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Current Genetics

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 461-468

  Xiao, Wei ^a   Chow, Barbara L ^a   Rathgeber, Lane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

DNA repair; Epistasis analysis; Methylation damage; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

DNA GLYCOSYLTRANSFERASE; ENDONUCLEASE; MESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER;

ARTICLE; CELL KILLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA ALKYLATION; DNA CLEAVAGE; DNA METHYLATION; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; EXCISION REPAIR; GENE MUTATION; GENE OVEREXPRESSION; GENETIC EPISTASIS; GENOTOXICITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ALKYLATION; DNA GLYCOSYLASES; DNA HELICASES; DNA METHYLATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; LIGASES; METHYL METHANESULFONATE; MUTATION; N-GLYCOSYL HYDROLASES; RAD52 DNA REPAIR AND RECOMBINATION PROTEIN; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; UBIQUITIN-CONJUGATING ENZYMES;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030446287     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050157     Document Type: Article

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