The Saccharomyces cerevisiae RAD54 gene is important but not essential for natural homothallic mating-type switching

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 260, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 551-558

  Schmuckli Maurer, J ^a   Heyer, W D ^a,b  

^a CH 3012   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

DNA repair; Mating type; RAD54; Recombination; Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; FUNGAL PROTEIN; GENE PRODUCT;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOME STRUCTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FUNGAL GENETICS; GENE SWITCHING; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MEIOSIS; RAD51 RECOMBINASE; RAD52 DNA REPAIR AND RECOMBINATION PROTEIN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SPORES, FUNGAL;

EID: 0032904714     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380050928     Document Type: Article

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