Identification of a protein that binds to the Ho endonuclease recognition sequence at the yeast mating type locus

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 770-777

  Wang, Rong ^a   Jin, Yongjie ^a   Norris, David ^a,b  

^a RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; ENDONUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE LOCUS; GENE SWITCHING; MATING TYPE; MOLECULAR RECOGNITION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN DOMAIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST;

EID: 0031053310     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.17.2.770     Document Type: Article

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