MLH1 and MSH2 promote the symmetry of double-strand break repair events at the HIS4 hotspot in Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Genetics

Volumn 169, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1291-1303

  Hoffmann, Eva R ^a   Eriksson, Emma ^a   Herbert, Benjamin J ^a   Borts, Rhona H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HETERODUPLEX; PEPTIDES AND PROTEINS; PROTEIN MLH1; PROTEIN MLH2; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSSING OVER; DNA FLANKING REGION; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; GENE CONVERSION; GENE DELETION; GENE SEGREGATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; MISMATCH REPAIR; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; WILD TYPE;

ALCOHOL OXIDOREDUCTASES; AMINOHYDROLASES; BASE PAIR MISMATCH; BASE SEQUENCE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; DNA PRIMERS; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; FUNGAL PROTEINS; MODELS, GENETIC; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTS HOMOLOG 2 PROTEIN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PYROPHOSPHATASES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EID: 17444405538     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.104.033399     Document Type: Article

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