A persistent double-strand break destabilizes human DNA in yeast and can lead to G2 arrest and lethality

Cancer Research

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 1970-1980

  Bennett, Craig B ^a   Snipe, Joyce R ^a   Resnick, Michael A ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH SCIENCES   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CELL DEATH; CELL VIABILITY; DNA SEQUENCE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENE DELETION; MOLECULAR STABILITY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS;

CHROMOSOMES, ARTIFICIAL, YEAST; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; G2 PHASE; GENE DELETION; HUMANS; MUTATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031004496     PISSN: 00085472     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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