The nuclease activity of Mre11 is required for meiosis but not for mating type switching, end joining, or telomere maintenance

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 556-566

  Moreau, Sylvie ^a   Ferguson, John R ^a   Symington, Lorraine S ^a  

^a New York Presbyterian Columbia University Medical Center   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

NUCLEASE;

ARTICLE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE MUTATION; IONIZING RADIATION; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TELOMERE;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0032931844     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.19.1.556     Document Type: Article

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