Yeast-based assay for the measurement of positive and negative influences on microsatellite stability

FEMS Yeast Research

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 716-725

  Marden, Aileen ^a   Walmsley, Richard M ^b   Schweizer, Lilian M ^a   Schweizer, Michael ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colon cancer; Green tea catechins; Microsatellite instability; Mismatch repair; Reporter assay

Indexed keywords

ANTINEOPLASTIC AGENT; CATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN; EPIGALLOCATECHIN GALLATE; GREEN FLUORESCENT PROTEIN; HYDROXYUREA; MICROSATELLITE DNA; REPETITIVE DNA;

ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; DNA REPLICATION; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGAL STRAIN; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC CONSERVATION; HYPOTHESIS; MICROSATELLITE INSTABILITY; MISMATCH REPAIR; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; REPORTER GENE; REPRODUCIBILITY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TEA; WILD TYPE; YEAST;

BLOTTING, WESTERN; CATECHIN; DNA REPLICATION; GENOMIC INSTABILITY; HYDROXYUREA; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; TEA;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

EID: 33745917057     PISSN: 15671356     EISSN: 15671364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1567-1364.2006.00092.x     Document Type: Article

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