MCM21 and MCM22, two novel genes of the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae are required for chromosome transmission

Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 349-360

  Poddar, Atasi ^a   Roy, Nilanjan ^a,b   Sinha, Pratima ^a  

^a BOSE INSTITUTE   (India)

^b LERNER RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE G2 PHASE; CELL VIABILITY; CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME LOSS; CHROMOSOME SEGREGATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE DELETION; MINICHROMOSOME; MITOSIS; NONHUMAN; OPEN READING FRAME; PLASMID; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CELL CYCLE PROTEINS; CELL DIVISION; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENES, FUNGAL; KINETOCHORES; MUTAGENESIS; PLASMIDS; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032896662     PISSN: 0950382X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2958.1999.01179.x     Document Type: Article

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