A general method for identifying recessive diploid-specific mutations in Saccharomyces cerevisiae, its application to the isolation of mutants blocked at intermediate stages of meiotic prophase and characterization of a new gene SAE2

Genetics

Volumn 146, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 797-816

  McKee, Andrew H Z ^a   Kleckner, Nancy ^a  

^a HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; MESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; DIPLOIDY; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE; RECESSIVE GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPOROGENESIS; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVE MUTANT; YEAST;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, FUNGAL; FREEZING; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, RECESSIVE; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; PROPHASE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0030759699     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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