Mre11 is essential for the maintenance of chromosomal DNA in vertebrate cells

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 23, 1999, Pages 6619-6629

  Yamaguchi Iwai, Yuko ^b   Sonoda, Eiichiro ^b   Sasaki, Masao S ^b   Morrison, Ciaran ^a   Haraguchi, Tokuko ^c   Hiraoka, Yasushi ^c   Yamashita, Yukiko M ^a   Yagi, Takashi ^b   Takata, Minoru ^a   Price, Carolyn ^d   Kakazu, Naoki ^e   Takeda, Shunichi ^b  

^a JAPAN SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AGENCY   (Japan)

^b KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Kansai Advanced Research Center   (Japan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^e KYOTO PREFECTURAL UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Chromosomal aberration; Double strand break repair; DT40; Homologous recombination; Mre11

Indexed keywords

DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; CHICKEN; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADIOSENSITIVITY;

ANIMALIA; GALLUS GALLUS; METAZOA; VERTEBRATA;

EID: 0033485758     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.23.6619     Document Type: Article

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