Development of a yeast-based assay system for monitoring microsatellite instability

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 205-212

  Larkin, Kenneth ^a   Schweizer, Michael ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Environmental influence; Microsatellite instability; Mismatch repair; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ARTICLE; ASSAY; BASE MISPAIRING; COLORECTAL CANCER; DIET; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOME; HUNTINGTON CHOREA; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MYOTONIC DYSTROPHY; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST;

BASE PAIR MISMATCH; DNA REPAIR; DNA, FUNGAL; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; PLASMIDS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032798330     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-1097(99)00236-0     Document Type: Article

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