Recombination: A frank view of exchanges and vice versa

Current Opinion in Cell Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 286-292

  Haber, James E ^a  

^a BRANDEIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA1 PROTEIN; BRCA2 PROTEIN; CELL PROTEIN;

ANIMAL CELL; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; DNA RECOMBINATION; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MEIOSIS; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW;

EID: 0034106727     PISSN: 09550674     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0955-0674(00)00090-9     Document Type: Review

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