The involvement of the RAD6 gene in starvation-induced reverse mutation in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 258, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 546-552

  Storchova Z ^a   Rojas Gil, A P ^a   Janderova B ^a   Vondrejs, V ^a  

^a CHARLES UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Adaptive mutation; DNA repair; RAD6; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Starvation

Indexed keywords

ADENINE; FUNGAL DNA; TRYPTOPHAN;

ADAPTATION; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS GROWTH; MUTATION RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERTANT; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SPONTANEOUS MUTATION; STARVATION;

ADAPTATION, PHYSIOLOGICAL; ADENINE; GENES, FUNGAL; LIGASES; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TRYPTOPHAN; UBIQUITIN-CONJUGATING ENZYMES;

FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031872979     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050766     Document Type: Article

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