Generating crossovers by resolution of nicked Holliday junctions: A role for Mus81-Eme1 in meiosis

Molecular Cell

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 761-774

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EME1 PROTEIN; ENDONUCLEASE; MUS81 PROTEIN; PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; EUKARYOTE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; YEAST;

EUKARYOTA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0141707817     PISSN: 10972765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1097-2765(03)00343-5     Document Type: Article

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