The DNA repair protein yKu80 regulates the function of recombination enhancer during yeast mating type switching

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 25, Issue 19, 2005, Pages 8476-8485

  Ruan, Chun ^a   Workman, Jerry L ^b   Simpson, Robert T ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b STOWERS INSTITUTE FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIS ACTING ELEMENT; FUNGAL PROTEIN; PROTEIN YKU80; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN STRUCTURE; GENE DELETION; IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MATING TYPE; MATING TYPE SWITCHING; MINICHROMOSOME; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; PROTEIN PURIFICATION; RECOMBINATION ENHANCER; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST CELL;

BINDING SITES; CHROMATIN; CHROMATIN IMMUNOPRECIPITATION; CHROMOSOMES; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL; EPITOPES; GENE DELETION; GENES, FUNGAL; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MICROCOCCAL NUCLEASE; MODELS, GENETIC; NUCLEOSOMES; PROTEIN BINDING; PROTEIN STRUCTURE, TERTIARY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 25444499948     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.25.19.8476-8485.2005     Document Type: Article

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