Accumulation of recessive lethal mutations in Saccharomyces cerevisiae mlh1 mismatch repair mutants is not associated with gross chromosomal rearrangements

Genetics

Volumn 174, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 519-523

  Heck, Julie Akiko ^a   Gresham, David ^b   Botstein, David ^b   Alani, Eric ^a  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CHROMOSOMAL INSTABILITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIPLOIDY; DNA REPLICATION; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; FUNGAL GENE; FUNGAL STRAIN; KARYOTYPE; LETHALITY; MISMATCH REPAIR; MLH1 GENE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECESSIVE INHERITANCE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

ADAPTOR PROTEINS, SIGNAL TRANSDUCING; BASE PAIR MISMATCH; CELL SURVIVAL; CHROMOSOME ABERRATIONS; FRAMESHIFT MUTATION; FUNGAL PROTEINS; GENE REARRANGEMENT; GENES, LETHAL; GENES, RECESSIVE; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; MUTATION; NUCLEIC ACID HYBRIDIZATION; PROBABILITY; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES;

EID: 33748900570     PISSN: 00166731     EISSN: 00166731     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1534/genetics.106.059311     Document Type: Article

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