New insights into the mechanism of homologous recombination in yeast

Mutation Research - Reviews in Mutation Research

Volumn 566, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 231-248

  Aylon, Yael ^a   Kupiec, Martin ^a  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

Author keywords

Checkpoint; Double strand break; Gene conversion; HO endonuclease; Rad; Srs2

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; PROTEIN; PROTEIN RAD24; PROTEIN RAD55P; PROTEIN RAD57P; RAD51 PROTEIN; RAD52 PROTEIN; RAD54 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; CROSSING OVER; DNA DAMAGE; DNA SYNTHESIS; GENETIC REGULATION; GENOMICS; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MISMATCH REPAIR; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; YEAST;

DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA, FUNGAL; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; YEASTS;

EUKARYOTA;

EID: 1842763188     PISSN: 13835742     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.mrrev.2003.10.001     Document Type: Review

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