Mre11 and Ku70 interact in somatic cells, but are differentially expressed in early meiosis

Nature Genetics

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 194-198

  Goedecke, Wolfgang ^a   Eijpe, Maureen ^a   Offenberg, Hildo H ^a   Van Aalderen, Mirjam ^a   Heyting, Christa ^a  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE G1 PHASE; CHEMICAL INTERACTION; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA SEQUENCE; EUKARYOTE; IMMUNOBLOTTING; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MEIOSIS; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; SOMATIC CELL;

ANIMALS; ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; CHO CELLS; CRICETINAE; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPAIR ENZYMES; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FLUORESCENT ANTIBODY TECHNIQUE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; HUMANS; MALE; MEIOSIS; MICE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; NUCLEAR PROTEINS; PLASMIDS; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; TESTIS;

ANIMALIA; EUKARYOTA; MAMMALIA;

EID: 0032859119     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/13821     Document Type: Article

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