Molecular cloning and genetic characterization of the Saccharomyces cerevisiae NGS1/MRE11 gene

Current Genetics

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 1998, Pages 368-374

  Chamankhah, Mahmood ^a   Xiao, Wei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SASKATCHEWAN   (Canada)

Author keywords

Alkylation damage; MRE11 NGS1; Recombinational repair; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

MESYLIC ACID METHYL ESTER; PHOSPHATASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; DNA ALKYLATION; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MISSENSE MUTATION; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NONSENSE MUTATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENTS, ALKYLATING; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA; DNA REPAIR; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; METHYL METHANESULFONATE; MUTATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; REPETITIVE SEQUENCES, NUCLEIC ACID; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

FUNGI; MYXOGASTRIA; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032435647     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050408     Document Type: Article

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