Homologous recombination is responsible for cell death in the absence of the Sgs1 and Srs2 helicases

Nature Genetics

Volumn 25, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 192-194

  Gangloff, Serge ^a   Soustelle, Christine ^a   Fabre, Francis ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HELICASE;

ARTICLE; AUTOSOMAL RECESSIVE DISORDER; BLOOM SYNDROME; CELL DEATH; DNA METABOLISM; DNA REPAIR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTHMUND THOMSON SYNDROME; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WERNER SYNDROME;

BLOOM SYNDROME; CELL DIVISION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPAIR; DNA REPLICATION; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GAMMA RAYS; GENES, FUNGAL; GENES, LETHAL; HAPLOIDY; HUMANS; MUTATION; RAD51 RECOMBINASE; RADIATION TOLERANCE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; ROTHMUND-THOMSON SYNDROME; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY, NUCLEIC ACID; SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGE; SPORES, FUNGAL; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS; WERNER SYNDROME;

EID: 0034119866     PISSN: 10614036     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/76055     Document Type: Article

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