A rapid method to monitor repair and mis-repair of DNA double-strand breaks by using cell extracts of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Current Genetics

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 1-3

  Jha, Bhavanath ^a   Ahne, Fred ^b   Kistler, Manfred ^b   Klaus, Christian ^b   Eckardt Schupp, Friederike ^b  

^a Lalit Narayan Mithila University   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF EPIDEMIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA double strand break; Fidelity of repair; Yeast cellular extract

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; PLASMID DNA;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM TRANSFORMATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FUNGUS MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MUTATION; RAD52 DNA REPAIR AND RECOMBINATION PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SUBCELLULAR FRACTIONS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); FUNGI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031906413     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050300     Document Type: Article

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