The ubiquitin-conjugating DNA repair enzyme HR6A is a maternal factor essential for early embryonic development in mice

Molecular and Cellular Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 5485-5495

  Roest, Henk P ^a   Baarends, Willy M ^a   De Wit, Jan ^a   Van Klaveren, Jan W ^a   Wassenaar, Evelyne ^a   Hoogerbrugge, Jos W ^a   Van Cappellen, Wiggert A ^a   Hoeijmakers, Jan H J ^a   Grootegoed, J Anton ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN; PROTEIN RAD6; UBIQUITIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANIMAL CELL; ARTICLE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; EMBRYO; EMBRYO DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FIBROBLAST; GENE; HR6A GENE; HR6B GENE; KNOCKOUT MOUSE; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ALLELES; ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA REPAIR; DNA, COMPLEMENTARY; EMBRYONIC AND FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE TARGETING; HISTONES; MALE; METHYLATION; MICE; MICE, INBRED C57BL; MICE, KNOCKOUT; OOCYTES; PHENOTYPE; PREGNANCY; UBIQUITIN-CONJUGATING ENZYMES;

ANIMALIA; MAMMALIA; SACCHAROMYCES; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 2942628010     PISSN: 02707306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/MCB.24.12.5485-5495.2004     Document Type: Article

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