Isolation and characterization of AtMLH1, a MutL homologue from Arabidopsis thaliana

Molecular and General Genetics

Volumn 262, Issue 4-5, 1999, Pages 633-642

  Jean, M ^a   Pelletier, J ^a   Hilpert, M ^b   Belzile, F ^a   Kunze, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

DNA mismatch repair; MutL homologue (MLH); Reverse genetics; T DNA insertion microsatellite

Indexed keywords

ARABIDOPSIS; ARTICLE; BASE MISPAIRING; CHROMOSOME 4; DNA REPAIR; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENE INSERTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE LOCATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC STABILITY; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; NORTHERN BLOTTING; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PLANT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVERSE TRANSCRIPTION POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; TRANSPOSON;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ARABIDOPSIS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE PAIR MISMATCH; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA REPAIR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI PROTEINS; GENES, PLANT; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, AMINO ACID;

ARABIDOPSIS; ARABIDOPSIS THALIANA; EMBRYOPHYTA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA;

EID: 0033380005     PISSN: 00268925     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004380051126     Document Type: Article

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