Partial suppression of the fission yeast rqh1- phenotype by expression of a bacterial Holliday junction resolvase

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 11, 2000, Pages 2751-2762

  Doe, Claudette L ^a   Dixon, Julie ^a   Osman, Fekret ^a,b   Whitby, Matthew C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Helicase; Holliday junction; Recombination; RecQ; Resolvase

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL ENZYME; HELICASE; RESOLVASE;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE S PHASE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SISTER CHROMATID; YEAST;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 0034213973     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.11.2751     Document Type: Article

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