DNA-binding activities of Hop1 protein, a synaptonemal complex component from Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 1424-1435

  Mary Kironmai, K ^a   Muniyappa, K ^a,b   Friedman, David B ^b   Hollingsworth, Nancy M ^c   Byers, Breck ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^c STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; OLIGONUCLEOTIDE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; DNA BINDING; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; IMMUNOCHEMISTRY; MEIOSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SYNAPTOSOME;

EID: 2642703473     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/mcb.18.3.1424     Document Type: Article

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