Characterization of novel rad6/ubc2 ubiquitin-conjugating enzyme mutants in yeast

Current Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 221-233

  Freiberg, Gail ^a   Mesecar, Andrew D ^a   Huang, Hanhua ^a   Hong, Joo Yun ^a   Liebman, Susan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

Author keywords

Rad6; Silencing; Ubiquitination; Yeast

Indexed keywords

ENZYME; UBIQUITIN;

ARTICLE; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DNA REPAIR; GENE MUTATION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN DEGRADATION; RETROPOSON; SPOROGENESIS; TELOMERE; YEAST;

EID: 0034005656     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050523     Document Type: Article

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