RAD-51-dependent and -independent roles of a Caenorhabditis elegans BRCA2-related protein during DNA double-strand break repair

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 3127-3139

  Martin, Julie S ^a   Winkelmann, Nicole ^a   Petalcorin, Mark I R ^a   McIlwraith, Michael J ^a   Boulton, Simon J ^a  

^a IMPERIAL CANCER RESEARCH FUND   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRCA2 PROTEIN; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; OLIGOSACCHARIDE; RAD51 PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CYTOLOGY; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENE MUTATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; MEIOSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHASE; PROTEIN DNA BINDING; PROTEIN FOLDING; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN INTERACTION; PROTEIN LOCALIZATION; PROTEIN MOTIF; PROTEIN TARGETING; RADIATION;

AMINO ACID MOTIFS; AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANIMALS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS; CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS PROTEINS; DNA; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EMBRYO, NONMAMMALIAN; GENE DELETION; GENES, LETHAL; GERM CELLS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; RAD51 RECOMBINASE; REPLICATION PROTEIN A;

CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS;

EID: 16244407723     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.25.8.3127-3139.2005     Document Type: Article

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