Genetic and molecular characterization of Neurospora crassa mus-23: A gene involved in recombinational repair

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 256, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 436-445

  Watanabe, K ^a,b   Sakuraba, Y ^a   Inoue, H ^a  

^a Laboratory of Genetics   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENETICS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Histidine sensitivity; MRE11; mus 23; Neurospora crassa; Recombinational repair

Indexed keywords

4 NITROQUINOLINE 1 OXIDE; HISTIDINE; MESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; METHYLNITRONITROSOGUANIDINE; MUTAGENIC AGENT; TERT BUTYL HYDROPEROXIDE;

ARTICLE; DNA REPAIR; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPOROGENESIS; ULTRAVIOLET IRRADIATION;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA REPAIR; DNA, FUNGAL; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION, FUNGAL; GENES, FUNGAL; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTAGENS; MUTATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

MUS; NEUROSPORA; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030704253     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050587     Document Type: Article

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