Replication fork pausing and recombination or 'gimme a break'

Genes and Development

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 1-10

  Rothstein, Rodney ^a   Michel, Bénédicte ^b   Gangloff, Serge ^c  

^a College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^b CEMAGREF   (France)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA; RIBOSOME DNA; TRANSFER RNA;

CENTROMERE; CHROMOSOME REPLICATION; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPLICATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTE; GENE REPLICATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; REVIEW; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; YEAST;

DNA REPLICATION; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA;

EID: 0033954246     PISSN: 08909369     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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