Role of PSO genes in repair of DNA damage of Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Mutation Research - Reviews in Mutation Research

Volumn 544, Issue 2-3, 2003, Pages 179-193

  Brendel, Martin ^a   Bonatto, Diego ^a   Strauss, Martin ^b   Revers, Luis Fernando ^a   Pungartnik, Cristina ^a   Saffi, Jenifer ^a   Henriques, João Antonio Pegas ^a  

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

^b GOETHE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cross link repair; Cytochrome c oxidase; DNA repair; Ergosterol; Mutagenesis; Oxidative stress; Pre mRNA splicing; Psoralen sensitivity; Ribonucleotide reductase; Yeast

Indexed keywords

NUCLEIC ACID; PROTEIN; PROTEIN SUBUNIT; PSORALEN; RIBONUCLEOTIDE REDUCTASE;

ALLELE; COMPUTER MODEL; CONFERENCE PAPER; DNA CROSS LINKING; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; ENZYME ACTIVITY; EXCISION REPAIR; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE FUNCTION; GENE LOCUS; GENETIC CODE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETIC TRAIT; MOLECULAR CLONING; MUTAGENESIS; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID METABOLISM; PHOTOACTIVATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSO GENE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EUKARYOTA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 0345254967     PISSN: 13835742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrrev.2003.06.018     Document Type: Conference Paper

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