A novel mre11 mutation impairs processing of double-strand breaks of DNA during both mitosis and meiosis

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 260-268

  Tsubouchi, Hideo ^a   Ogawa, Hideyuki ^a  

^a OSAKA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACID; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; EXONUCLEASE; MESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; NUCLEOTIDE; PHOSPHODIESTERASE;

ARTICLE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; MEIOSIS; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0031983191     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.18.1.260     Document Type: Article

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