Importance of the Sgs1 helicase activity in DNA repair of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Current Genetics

Volumn 37, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 75-78

  Saffi, Jenifer ^a   Pereira, Valquíria Reis ^a   Henriques, João Antonio Pêgas ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

Author keywords

DNA repair; Helicase; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; SGS1

Indexed keywords

4 NITROQUINOLINE 1 OXIDE; FUNGAL DNA; FUNGAL ENZYME; HELICASE; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; HYDROXYUREA;

ARTICLE; DNA REPAIR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; ULTRAVIOLET C RADIATION;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0034075763     PISSN: 01728083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s002940050012     Document Type: Article

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