Growth defect and mutator phenotypes of RecQ-deficient Neurospora crassa mutants separately result from homologous recombination and nonhomologous end joining during repair of DNA double-strand breaks

Genetics

Volumn 172, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 113-125

  Kato, Akihiro ^a   Inoue, Hirokazu ^a  

^a SAITAMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; RAD51 PROTEIN; RECQ HELICASE;

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; DNA REPAIR; DNA STRAND BREAKAGE; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE DELETION; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE MUTATION; GROWTH RETARDATION; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATASES; ANTIGENS, NUCLEAR; CHROMOSOME BREAKAGE; DNA; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPAIR; DNA, FUNGAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; EPISTASIS, GENETIC; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE DELETION; MUTATION; NEUROSPORA CRASSA; PHENOTYPE; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RECQ HELICASES; SUPPRESSION, GENETIC;

FUNGI; NEUROSPORA CRASSA;

EID: 33644769174     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.105.041756     Document Type: Article

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