Use of the nuc1 null mutant for analysis of yeast mitochondrial nucleoids

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 317-325

  Miyakawa, Isamu ^a   Fujimura, Ryoko ^a   Kadowaki, Yu ^a  

^a YAMAGUCHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Micrococcal nuclease; Mitochondrial nucleoids; NUC1 nuclease; Saccharomyces cerevisiae; Yeast

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM ION; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE II; ENDONUCLEASE G; MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; ENDONUCLEASE; FUNGAL DNA; MITOCHONDRIAL NUCLEASE, YEAST; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; CHROMATIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA PACKAGING; DNA PROTEIN COMPLEX; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FUNGAL GENETICS; FUNGUS MUTANT; MITOCHONDRIAL GENETICS; NONHUMAN; NULL ALLELE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; YEAST CELL; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MITOCHONDRION; MUTATION; ULTRASTRUCTURE;

SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE;

DNA, FUNGAL; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDONUCLEASES; MITOCHONDRIA; MUTATION; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEINS;

EID: 60749108963     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: 13498037     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.54.317     Document Type: Article

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