The Mre11-Rad50-Xrs2 protein complex facilitates homologous recombination-based double-strand break repair in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 7681-7687

  Bressan, Debra A ^a   Baxter, Bonnie K ^a   Petrini, John H J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GENE PRODUCT; MUTANT PROTEIN; NUCLEASE; PROTEIN MRE 11; PROTEIN XRS2; RAD50 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN STABILITY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032721091     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.19.11.7681     Document Type: Article

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