Homologous recombination in the fission yeast Schizosaccharomyces pombe: Different requirements for the rhp51+, rhp54+ and rad22+ genes

Current Genetics

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 248-254

  Muris, Daan F R ^a,d   Vreeken, Kees ^a   Schmidt, Henning ^b   Ostermann, Kai ^b   Clever, Beate ^c   Lohman, Paul H M ^a   Pastink, Albert ^a  

^a LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF BRAUNSCHWEIG   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^d NETHERLANDS CANCER INSTITUTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Double strand break repair; Homologous recombination; rad22+; rhp51+; rhp54+

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; CELL VIABILITY; DNA INTEGRATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FUNGUS SPORE; GENE CONVERSION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IONIZING RADIATION; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

DNA HELICASES; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE CONVERSION; MEIOSIS; RAD51 RECOMBINASE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; SPORES, FUNGAL;

FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0030951277     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050202     Document Type: Article

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