Role of Schizosaccharomyces pombe RecQ homolog, recombination, and checkpoint genes in UV damage tolerance

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 12, 1997, Pages 6868-6875

  Murray, Johanne M ^a   Lindsay, Howard D ^a   Munday, Caroline A ^a   Carr, Antony M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; ENDONUCLEASE; GENE PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; CELL DEATH; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIATION INJURY; RADIOSENSITIVITY; RECOMBINANT GENE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0030699088     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.12.6868     Document Type: Article

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