Rescuing yeast mutants with human genes

Briefings in Functional Genomics and Proteomics

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 104-111

  Osborn, Michael J ^a   Miller, Ross J ^a  

^a BABRAHAM INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

cDNAs; Complementation; Human; Mutations; Yeast

Indexed keywords

BLOOM SYNDROME HELICASE; COMPLEMENTARY DNA; DICER; PROTEIN BAX; STEROID RECEPTOR; BAX PROTEIN, HUMAN; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; APOPTOSIS; DNA LIBRARY; DNA REPLICATION; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS GROWTH; FUNGUS MUTANT; GENE EXPRESSION; GENE FUNCTION; GENE ISOLATION; GENE MUTATION; HUMAN; LIFE CYCLE; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION; BLOOM SYNDROME; FUNGAL GENE; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCETALES; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCETACEAE;

BCL-2-ASSOCIATED X PROTEIN; BLOOM SYNDROME; DNA REPLICATION; GENES, FUNGAL; GENETIC COMPLEMENTATION TEST; HUMANS; MUTATION; RECEPTORS, STEROID; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES; SIGNAL TRANSDUCTION;

EID: 38449097269     PISSN: 14739550     EISSN: 14774062     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bfgp/elm017     Document Type: Review

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