Rnr4p, a novel ribonucleotide reductase small-subunit protein

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 6114-6121

  Wang, Peijing Jeremy ^a   Chabes, Andrei ^b   Casagrande, Rocco ^a,c   Tian, X Cindy ^a,d   Thelander, Lars ^b   Huffaker, Tim C ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b UMEÅ UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; HYDROXYUREA; IRON COMPLEX; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE; TYROSINE;

ARTICLE; BINDING SITE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA DAMAGE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME ANALYSIS; ENZYME SUBUNIT; FLOW CYTOMETRY; IMMUNOFLUORESCENCE MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030756302     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.10.6114     Document Type: Article

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