Nucleases and helicases take center stage in homologous recombination

Trends in Biochemical Sciences

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 264-272

  Mimitou, Eleni P ^a   Symington, Lorraine S ^a  

^a NewYork Presbyterian Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BLOOM SYNDROME HELICASE; CHECKPOINT KINASE 2; DNA2 NUCLEASE; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; HELICASE; MRE11 PROTEIN; NUCLEASE; PROTEIN MLH1; PROTEIN RAD9; RAD50 PROTEIN; RAD51 PROTEIN; RESOLVASE; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE PROTEIN; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE PROTEIN; SINGLE STRANDED DNA; SPO11 PROTEIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; YEN1 ENZYME;

CELL CYCLE REGULATION; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; DNA SYNTHESIS; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN FUNCTION; REVIEW; SACCHAROMYCES CEREVISIAE; SCHIZOSACCHAROMYCES POMBE;

ANIMALS; DNA HELICASES; DNA REPAIR; HOLLIDAY JUNCTION RESOLVASES; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC;

EID: 65549095526     PISSN: 09680004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.tibs.2009.01.010     Document Type: Review

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