RNA Interference Inhibition of Mus81 Reduces Mitotic Recombination in Human Cells

Molecular Biology of the Cell

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 552-562

  Blais, Veronique ^a   Gao, Hui ^a   Elwell, Cherilyn A ^a,b   Boddy, Michael N ^a   Gaillard, Pierre Henri L ^a   Russell, Paul ^a   McGowan, Clare H ^a  

^a SCRIPPS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ENDONUCLEASE; PROTEIN; PROTEIN EME1; PROTEIN MMS4; PROTEIN MUS81; RESOLVASE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CELL DIFFERENTIATION; COMPLEX FORMATION; DNA REPLICATION; DNA TEMPLATE; ENZYME ACTIVITY; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; MITOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROKARYOTE; PROTEIN EXPRESSION; RECEPTOR DOWN REGULATION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SOMATIC CELL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; CELL NUCLEOLUS; CELL SURVIVAL; CLONING, MOLECULAR; DNA DAMAGE; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDONUCLEASES; HELA CELLS; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION RESOLVASES; HUMANS; MITOSIS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; PROTEIN BINDING; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RNA INTERFERENCE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEINS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUKARYOTA; PROKARYOTA; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

EID: 0742305344     PISSN: 10591524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1091/mbc.E03-08-0580     Document Type: Article

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