Mre11-Rad50 promotes rapid repair of DNA damage in the polyploid archaeon Haloferax volcanii by restraining homologous recombination

PLoS Genetics

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2009, Pages

  Delmas, Stéphane ^a   Shunburne, Lee ^a   Ngo, Hien Ping ^a,b   Allers, Thorsten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DOUBLE STRANDED DNA; MRE11 PROTEIN; RAD50 PROTEIN; ARCHAEAL PROTEIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; DNA BINDING PROTEIN; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; MRE11 PROTEIN, ARCHAEAL; RAD50 PROTEIN, ARCHAEAL; RADA PROTEIN, ARCHAEAL;

ARTICLE; DNA DAMAGE; DNA REPAIR; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; HOMOLOGOUS RECOMBINATION; MUTANT; NONHUMAN; POLYPLOIDY; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; WILD TYPE; BACTERIAL GENOME; CELL SURVIVAL; DOUBLE STRANDED DNA BREAK; GENE DELETION; GENE INACTIVATION; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; METABOLISM; MUTATION; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

ARCHAEA; HALOFERAX VOLCANII;

ARCHAEAL PROTEINS; CELL SURVIVAL; DNA BREAKS, DOUBLE-STRANDED; DNA REPAIR; DNA-BINDING PROTEINS; ENDODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; EXODEOXYRIBONUCLEASES; GENE KNOCKOUT TECHNIQUES; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HALOFERAX VOLCANII; MUTATION; POLYPLOIDY; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; SEQUENCE DELETION; ULTRAVIOLET RAYS;

EID: 68249122061     PISSN: 15537390     EISSN: 15537404     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pgen.1000552     Document Type: Article

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