Green fluorescent protein as a reporter for the DNA damage-induced gene RAD54 in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Yeast

Volumn 13, Issue 16, 1997, Pages 1535-1545

  Walmsley, R M ^a   Billinton, N ^a   Heyer, W D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b CH 3012   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

DNA repair; GFP; RAD54; Recombination

Indexed keywords

FUNGAL PROTEIN; FUNGUS PROTEIN RAD 54; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; TRANS ACTING FACTOR; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROMOTER REGION; REPORTER GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

DNA DAMAGE; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, REPORTER; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEINS; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; METHYL METHANESULFONATE; MUTAGENS; RECOMBINANT FUSION PROTEINS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SPECTROMETRY, FLUORESCENCE;

AEQUOREA VICTORIA; FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES; VICTORIA;

EID: 0031431109     PISSN: 0749503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/(SICI)1097-0061(199712)13:16<1535::AID-YEA221>3.0.CO;2-2     Document Type: Article

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