The essential role of yeast topoisomerase III in meiosis depends on recombination

EMBO Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1701-1711

  Gangloff, Serge ^a   De Massy, Bernard ^b   Lane, Arthur ^c,d   Rothstein, Rodney ^c   Fabre, Francis ^a  

^a INSTITUT DE RADIOPROTECTION ET DE SÛRETÉ NUCLÉAIRE   (France)

^b CNRS   (France)

^c Dept of Genetics and Development ^*  (United States)

^d Hi Bred Seed   (United States)

Author keywords

Helicase; Meiosis; Recombination; Topoisomerase

Indexed keywords

DNA TOPOISOMERASE; HELICASE;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; CELL CYCLE PHASE; CELL DIVISION; CELL MUTANT; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GENE DELETION; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; MATING; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTERACTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SPOROGENESIS; YEAST CELL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0033559694     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/18.6.1701     Document Type: Article

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