Saccharomyces cerevisiae as a model system to define the chromosomal instability phenotype

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 16, 2005, Pages 7226-7238

  Putnam, Christopher D ^a   Pennaneach, Vincent ^a   Kolodner, Richard D ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SAN DIEGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TELOMERASE;

ARTICLE; CELL CYCLE; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CHROMOSOME DELETION; CHROMOSOME TRANSLOCATION; CHROMOSOME VARIANT; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE FUSION; GENE LOSS; GENE MUTATION; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENE TARGETING; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; GENOTYPE; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; ISOCHROMOSOME; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CHROMOSOMES; CHROMOSOMES, FUNGAL; DNA, FUNGAL; GENE DELETION; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC TECHNIQUES; GENOME; GENOME, FUNGAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; KARYOTYPING; MODELS, GENETIC; MUTATION; NEOPLASMS; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TRANSLOCATION, GENETIC;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 23344449102     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.25.16.7226-7238.2005     Document Type: Article

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